https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/sy-berger-ae9ca467d4bf 2004 interview
https://baseball.fandom.com/wiki/Topps
https://baseball.fandom.com/wiki/Topps
"One of the features that contributed significantly to Topps's success beginning with the 1952 set was providing player statistics. At the time, complete and reliable baseball statistics for all players were not widely available, so Topps actually compiled the information itself from published box scores."
Yeah, right.
https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/cards/catching-up-with-cardboard-pioneer-sy-berger
Yeah, right.
https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/cards/catching-up-with-cardboard-pioneer-sy-berger
One hypothesis I have comes from a vague memory from something I read somewhere years ago. According to my vague memory, Sy Berger tried and failed to license the stats he needed for 1952 Topps from the Elias Sports Bureau or someone like that, and so was forced to compile them himself. (Berger received a degree in accountancy from Bucknell University.) The Topps page on baseball.fandom.wiki says that Berger compiled the stats for 1952 Topps from box scores (presumably only for the 1951 season); to me that sounds implausible, but not impossible.
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