1962 Topps #152 Mickey Vernon
About this card
The set carries nineteen manager cards, including three Hall of Famers: Casey Stengel of the first-year Mets at #29, Walt Alston at #217 and Al Lopez at #286.
About Mickey Vernon
1962 Topps #152 is another second-series manager card, printed in two states - one with a green tint and one without - so a complete run of #152 means a pair. The season behind it was Vernon's second full year in charge and Washington's first in brand-new D.C. Stadium, which hosted the first of that summer's two All-Star Games on July 10. The Senators went 60-101, finished tenth in the ten-team American League, 35 1/2 games behind the Yankees, and got their only .300 bat from outfielder Chuck Hinton at .310 in 151 games.
James Barton Vernon was called Mickey from about age three, when an aunt in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania borrowed the name from a song the boy played over and over on the family Victrola. Tall, lean and left-handed, he was a first baseman of unusual grace. He spent a year at Villanova, signed first with the St. Louis Browns organization, and became Washington property when Senators super-scout Joe Cambria signed him after the 1937 season. He debuted on July 8, 1939 and lasted 20 big league seasons, losing 1944 and 1945 to the Navy. He won the American League batting title in 1946 at .353, eleven points clear of Ted Williams, then again in 1953 at .337, one point ahead of Al Rosen and enough to deny Rosen the Triple Crown. A seven-time All-Star, he finished with 2,495 hits and a .286 average and held American League career records for first basemen in games, putouts, assists and total chances, plus the major league record for double plays at the position. After stops in Cleveland, Boston and Milwaukee he coached first base for the 1960 champion Pirates, pinch-hit in nine September games to close out his playing days, and took a World Series ring without being eligible to play in the Series itself.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Print variations
Two states of #152 are tracked individually: 152a - No Green Tint and 152b - Green Tint. The difference is on the front of the card (green tint).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152a - No Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 255 | 0 | 9 | 85 | 121 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 152b - Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 63 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #152 card?
It is card #152 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mickey Vernon of the Washington Senators. The set carries nineteen manager cards, including three Hall of Famers: Casey Stengel of the first-year Mets at #29, Walt Alston at #217 and Al Lopez at #286.
Does 1962 Topps #152 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked separately: 152a - No Green Tint (No green tint - the standard first printing) and 152b - Green Tint (Green tint - the color-shifted second printing of series 2). Owning any one of them fills the #152 slot; the master set counts each state.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, The Topps Archives, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-03.