Card, Baseball
Object number2011.122.16
Manufacturer
The Topps Company, Inc.
Date1952
MediumPaper, cardboard
Credit LineGift of Gregg Ficery
DescriptionPittsburgh Pirates Jack Merson baseball card.Dimensions2.625 x 4.75 in. (6.7 x 12.1 cm)InscriptionsBottom of card includes the text: "JACK MERSON" written in black lettering. Directly underneath is the player's signature: "John W. Merson" written in cursive in black.
Back of card:
Top left corner "375" written in black. Also included in this section is the text: "JOHN WARREN MERSON" written in white lettering, with player details and biographical information also written in white lettering.
Middle of the back of the card includes biographical information written in black lettering.
Middle left of card includes the text: "MAJOR & MINOR LEAGUE BATTING RECORDS" written in red lettering.
Middle right includes the text: "FIELDING RECORDS" in red lettering.
Underneath of that are player statistics written in black lettering.
MarksBack of card:
Bottom center includes the text: "TOPPS BASEBALL" in red lettering with a red outline of a star on both the left and right side.
Bottom left: "© T. C. G." in black lettering.
Bottom right: "PRTD. IN U.S.A." in black lettering.
Related person
John Warren Merson
(1922 - 2000)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
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