Ranking The Last Card of 13 Post-War Baseball Legends

A lot of collectors focus on rookie cards and superstar cards from key sets like 1952 Topps. One thing collectors tend to overlook is the last card of a player’s career. What’s cool about the last cards is that they usually present a player’s full career statistics and summarize their entire career.

Using the final card included in the basic set registry, I’ve ranked the last card of 13 post-war baseball legends, taking into account price, population, look, the card’s impact to a set, the prestige of the set it’s in, and of course the player’s value to the hobby. I’m also sharing the PSA population numbers, and prices for a card graded 8.

#13 1978 Topps #4 Brooks Robinson Record Breaker

PSA 8 = $10, Total Population = 509

1978 Topps #4 Brooks Robinson

#12 1975 Topps #640 Harmon Killebrew

PSA 8 = $40, Total Population = 1114

1975 Topps #640 Harmon Killebrew

#11 1963 Topps #250 Stan Musial

PSA 8 = $375, Total Population = 1765

1963 Topps #250 Stan Musial

#10 1974 Topps #215 Al Kaline

PSA 8 = $45, Total Population = 957

1974 Topps #215 Al Kaline

#9 1976 Topps #550 Hank Aaron 

PSA 8 = $180, Total Population = 2320

1976 Topps #550 Hank Aaron

#8 1973 Topps #305 Willie Mays

PSA 8 = $145, Total Population = 2505

1973 Topps #305 Willie Mays

#7 1965 Topps #470 Yogi Berra

PSA 8 = $100, Total Population = 1187

1965 Topps #470 Yogi Berra

#6 1960 Fleer #72 Ted Williams

PSA 8 = $200, Total Population = 1300

1960 Fleer #72 Ted Williams

#5 1971 Topps #525 Ernie Banks

PSA 8 =$400, Total Population = 1419

1971 Topps #525 Ernie Banks

#4 1966 Topps #100 Sandy Koufax

PSA 8 = $425, Total Population = 3329

1966 Topps #100 Sandy Koufax

#3 1969 Topps #500 Mickey Mantle

PSA 8 = $1800, Total Population = 7943 between both variants

1969 Topps #500 Mickey Mantle

#2 1973 Topps #50 Roberto Clemente

PSA 8 = $175, Total Population = 4716

1973 Topps #50 Roberto Clemente

#1 1956 Topps #30 Jackie Robinson

PSA 8 = >$2000 for gray back, Total Population = 5381 (gray + white back)

1956 Topps #30 Jackie Robinson

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