1948-1949 Leaf #138 Larry Doby Rookie Short Print PSA EX-MT 6

Sold For:

$13,800

Year:

1948

Auction:

2025 Summer

Lot #:

896

Category:

Postwar Baseball Cards (1948-present)

Graded EX-MT 6 by PSA. Beautiful high-grade example of this short-printed "Rare Leaf" rookie card featuring Cleveland Indians Hall of Famer Larry Doby. The 1948-1949 Leaf Bubble Gum card of Doby is the most popular and significant of all his cards. It is also a genuine rarity, being one of the forty-nine scarce cards in the 1948-1949 Leaf Gum Co. set. The offered card has bright colors, a crisp image, strong corners, and centering toward the top. The reverse is clean and free of staining and excess print. This is a very attractive example of Doby’s most classic card, a key rarity for an advanced Hall of Famer rookie-card collection.