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04-10-2025, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by swarmee

Ted Williams would be an obvious choice, right?
Kiner was in Bowman but not Topps. Nellie Fox.

Is this a trivia question where you know the answer or just want some pontificating?

I do not know the answer. However, I ran across an old SABR interview from 2004 in which Sy indicates that in 1954 Topps was trying hard to get Williams in their set, but Topps was still in a legal battle with Bowman. Although the article pertains to 1954, it still shows the passion Topps had for getting him in their set. As 1 of the missing 3, Williams is a good guess I think. Here's an old link to why Musial and Williams were missing from certain sets:

https://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=269235

And another link (worth the read) on how Ted Z found the old printing plates from 1954 Bowman with Williams on it

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=269275

Last edited by Zach Wheat; 04-10-2025 at 12:42 PM.

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