Description

Ernie Banks Rookie Card. SGC 2 with decent top-to-bottom centering. There is no doubt about which Banks card rests atop all others on his master checklist. The 1954 Topps issue, one of the most popular baseball card sets ever made, is home to three ultra-important rookie cards of Hall of Famers. Along with Banks (#94), Hank Aaron and Al Kaline made their hobby debuts, while Ted Williams acted as a bookend to the set appearing on cards #1 and #250. One of the great aspects of his rookie card is how young Banks looks in his headshot. In fact, Banks is almost unrecognizable, but that young kid would soon win back-to-back NL MVP Awards. The card itself can be challenging to find well-centered and absent pesky print defects in the white background. It is the ultimate Banks card.