The 1954 Topps Al Kaline rookie card is one of the most significant baseball cards of the postwar era. Issued during Kaline's first full season with the Detroit Tigers, the card captures a future Hall of Famer at the beginning of a career that would include 18 All-Star selections, 10 Gold Glove Awards, and more than 3,000 hits.
It's not just one of the key rookie cards in the third-year Topps flagship set but it ranks as one of the most iconic baseball cards of all-time. Featuing a classic design that has both alarge portrait and an inset black and white full-body shot of the Tigers legend. It's part of a set that's also notable for having rookie cards of Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks as well as the first Topps baseball cards of Ted Williams.
Graded a Mint PSA 9, this is an elite tier copy of the card. It's a pop 20 in the company's registry. Of the 4,941 times PSA has assessed this card, just one copy ranks higher.
The certification number on this card has been checked against the third-party grader's online database and is active as of 06/01/2026.
This item was flash inserted on Jun 1, 2026.
