1960 Topps #115 Fork & Knuckler
On this card: Roy Face, Hoyt Wilhelm
About this card
This is one of the eleven combo cards scattered through the 1960 Topps set, each pairing two or three players under a nickname headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The players on this card
"Fork & Knuckler" pairs the National and American League's top relief craftsmen around their signature pitches. Roy Face taught himself the forkball after watching Joe Page tinker with it in spring training, wedging the ball between his index and middle fingers to kill its spin. Danny Murtaugh moved him to the bullpen full time in 1957, and Face repaid him with an NL-leading 20 saves in 1958, then an 18-1 record and a record .947 winning percentage in 1959 behind a 22-game winning streak. In 1960 he added a career-high 24 saves and three more in the Pirates' World Series win over the Yankees. Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball carried him from a 29-year-old rookie to a 21-year career; Baltimore manager Paul Richards used him as a starter in 1959, and Wilhelm answered with an AL-best 2.19 ERA over 226 innings. He entered the Hall of Fame in 1985, the first reliever ever inducted.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 812 | 1 | 37 | 272 | 272 | 109 | 59 | 59 | 3 |
| SGC | 84 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 1 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. The Venezuelan issue, the 1960 Topps Tattoos and Bazooka are separate products and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #115 card?
It is card #115 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roy Face, Hoyt Wilhelm.
How many cards are in the 1960 Topps Baseball set?
572 cards, numbered 1-572, issued in seven series - the last Topps flagship printed entirely horizontally. Cards #375-440 exist on two back stocks, white and gray, which collectors chasing every printed variety count as 638 pieces of cardboard in all.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-13.