1975 Topps #191 1953 MVPs
Part of the MVP subset (#189-212) — both league MVPs of one season, rendered in that year's Topps design.
About this card
Cards #189-212 are the MVP subset: twenty-four cards, each pairing the American and National League Most Valuable Players of one season from 1951 through 1974, reproducing their cards from that year.
About the players on this card
Al Rosen
Al Rosen broke into pro ball in 1942, but four years in the Navy — including the invasion of Okinawa — delayed him until he reached Cleveland in 1947 on the strength of a batting-title season for Oklahoma City. He was a reserve on Cleveland's 1948 World Series championship roster before taking over at third base in 1950, when he led the American League with 37 home runs, the first rookie ever to top the league, a mark that stood until Mark McGwire broke it in 1987. A four-time All-Star (1952-55), Rosen won a second home run crown in 1953 and RBI titles in both 1952 and 1953. His 1953 season — .336, 43 homers, 145 RBIs, a batting title lost by one point on the season's final day — brought a unanimous AL MVP award, the first unanimous vote since his idol Hank Greenberg's. Rosen inherited Greenberg's own nickname, "the Hebrew Hammer," bestowed after he led the Canadian-American League in home runs and RBIs in 1946. This 1975 Topps MVP subset card pairs him with 1953 NL winner Roy Campanella. Rosen later ran the Yankees, Astros, and Giants, the only man to also win Executive of the Year.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella broke into Negro League baseball in 1937 at age fifteen with the Washington (later Baltimore) Elite Giants, then starred in the Mexican League before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers' system in 1946. He debuted with Brooklyn on April 20, 1948, and spent his entire major-league career as the club's catcher, helping the Dodgers to five National League pennants and their only Brooklyn-era World Series title in 1955. An eight-time All-Star from 1949 to 1956, the squat, powerfully built receiver won three National League Most Valuable Player awards — in 1951, 1953, and 1955 — the very seasons celebrated on his three 1975 Topps MVP-subset cards (#189, #191, #193), which each pair that year's National and American League winners. His 142 RBI in 1953 set a Dodgers single-season record that stood until 1962, and he threw out 57% of base stealers, still the highest caught-stealing rate in major-league history. Known as "Campy," a shortening of his surname, he finished with a .283 average, 260 home runs, and 1,019 RBI before a car crash in January 1958 paralyzed him and ended his career. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 386 | 0 | 41 | 203 | 69 | 33 | 24 | 16 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-19. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. The graders do not split the 1975 Topps Mini or O-Pee-Chee issues into this set.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1975 Topps #191 card?
It is card #191 of the 660-card 1975 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Rosen, Roy Campanella. Cards #189-212 are the MVP subset: twenty-four cards, each pairing the American and National League Most Valuable Players of one season from 1951 through 1974, reproducing their cards from that year.
How many cards are in the 1975 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1-660, with no variations and no short prints - PSA reports the cards were printed in equal quantities. The 1975 Topps Mini and the 1975 O-Pee-Chee issues are separate products with their own checklists.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, 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 2026-08-20.