1962 Topps
Total Cards: 598
Rating: 7.8 (135 ratings)
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Top Sets: #45
Notes: Distributed in seven series: #1-109, #110-196, #197-283, #284-370, #371-446, #447-522, and #523-598
Cards
Trivia |
- 1st year with New York Mets and Houston Colt .45's (Astros) cards.
- First set featuring multi-player rookie cards.
Hall of Fame rookie cards of Gaylord Perry, Joe Torre, and Lou Brock. - Packs of 1962 Topps baseball cards included a two-stamp panel.
- All Houston cards refer to the team as the "Colts" instead of the "Colt .45s".
- #5 Sandy Koufax - UER: 7th line, "ou" should be "out"
- #10 Bob Clemente - His name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
- #13 Dick Howser - Dick Howser was named to the 1961 Topps All-Star Rookie Team but his #13 card is missing the trophy designation.
- #15 Dick Donovan - UER: "southpaw" should be "righthander" in 6th line of text
- #19 Ray Washburn - UER: "...earned run average of 2.31...", should be 2.34
- #21 Jim Kaat - UER: misspelled "Katt" below cartoon
- #28 Minnie Minoso - UER: birth year should be 1925
- #52 1961 National League Batting Leaders (Bob Clemente / Vada Pinson / Ken Boyer / Wally Moon) - His name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
- #105 Don Mossi - UER: birth year should be 1929
- #110 Bill Skowron - UER: birth year should be 1930
- #110 Bill Skowron - UER: birth year should be 1930
- #128 Art Fowler - UER: birth year should be 1922; pitched for Dodgers in 1960, should be 1959
- #128 Art Fowler - UER: birth year should be 1922; pitched for Dodgers in 1960, should be 1959
- #187 Gene Conley - played for the Washington Tapers (ABL) during the 1961-62 season
- #187 Gene Conley - played for the Washington Tapers (ABL) during the 1961-62 season
- #193 Eddie Kasko - UER: 2nd sentence should read "...St. Louis in 1957,"
- #193 Eddie Kasko - UER: 2nd sentence should read "...St. Louis in 1957,"
- #218 Joe Torre - UER: .376 should be .342 in 3rd line of text on back
- #269 Bob Oldis - UER: Born on "Jan. 5, 1929", should be "Jan. 5, 1928"
- #346 Jack Kralick - In a complete coincidence, card #346 for Jack Kralick highlights him throwing a no hitter in the northern minor league. He went on to throw one in the major leagues the year that card was released as well.
- #347 Chuck Hinton - UER: Born on "May 3, 1936", should be "May 3, 1934"
- #423 Rival League Relief Aces (Roy Face / Hoyt Wilhelm) - UER: "8th" should be "9th" in 5th line of text, "1958" should be "1960" in 10th line of text
- #434 Clay Dalrymple - UER: 5th line of text "Hit .270 with Phillies", should be .272
- #561 Gene Oliver - UER: Cartoon caption, "...against St. Louis", should be "...for St. Louis"
User Comments |
There is no Topps baseball set that beats this design. It was a pleasure to build a complete 'Super' set (yes, even the green tints). The 1987 set, which pays homage to the feel, pulled me back into collecting 1980s sets and is my favorite of that decade. Rating: 10 | ||
I came to card collecting a little later than some -I was nine living in El Centro, CA. Not exactly a bustling metropolis but I liked it just fine. One day I walked up to the New Star market- about a mile- and walked into see rack packs of 1962 Topps for 29 cents. To me back in the day that was a lot. So I picked through them and found a rack with both the Mantle Switch Hitter Connects and a Maris card. I was in heaven. I got three dollars for my birthday a little later and bought ten rack packs! Yeah baby! Cards were all over the place...and all of a sudden I found friends who had been collecting longer than I....trade, trade, trade for anything Yankees. Although I ended up selling mist of these in the eighties I rebuilt the set and have a lower-mud grade master set including all error and green tint cards. Rating: 9 | ||
This baseball set was the first package of cards I ever bought. Purchased a few packs every so often after that and then I quit for awhile. Never started looking at these cards till after I started working and started to complete the set. It was very hard to find half decent cards. Mostly through Ebay . Also have 5 cards of #139 error card that I have found. Only need a few to complete the set now. | ||
Forum |
| Subject | Replies | Last Post |
| 1962 Topps baseball set collection. | 3 | Mar 26, 2025 9:25 AM by Sportzcommish |
| 1962 topps checklist #6 variations - card #441 | 2 | Aug 31, 2022 1:51 PM by vrooomed |
| #55 A.L. ERA Leaders Card Missing Team Links | 1 | Jun 3, 2022 9:21 PM by jimetal7212 |
| 1962 Topps Checklist #441 - full images of fronts | 0 | Aug 16, 2020 7:55 PM by ComposerMike |
| 1962 Topps checklist #441 | 7 | Aug 14, 2020 2:43 AM by sandyrusty |
External Links |
- 1962 Topps Green Tint variations
- BaseballCardPedia: 1962 Topps (R-414-24)
- PSA Article: Grainy Gems: A Look at the 1962 Topps Baseball Set
- PSA Price Guide: 1962 Topps
- Sports Collectors Daily: 1962 Topps Baseball Ingrained in Hobby Lore
- Sports Collectors Daily: Inside the 1962 Topps Babe Ruth Subset
- Sports Collectors Daily: Vintage Pack Facts: 1962 Topps Baseball
