1961 Topps #536 Bill Tuttle
The card front carries him with Kansas City, but the back already lists him with the Minnesota Twins.
Uncorrected error: The back lists his team as "Minn. Twins".
About Bill Tuttle
Tuttle opened 1961 as the Kansas City Athletics' center fielder, then went to Minnesota on June 1 in a trade for Reno Bertoia and Paul Giel - and inherited the third-base job from the man he was swapped for, since Bertoia had started there on Opening Day for the brand-new Twins. Tuttle had been angling for a look at the hot corner since 1957; he got 85 games there, the only third base he ever played in the majors, and hit .246 across 113 games for Minnesota. His Topps card, number 536, sits in the seventh series of high numbers, the scarce end of the 1961 set. The front carries him as a Kansas City Athletic, but the late-printed back already lists him with the Twins.
Bill Tuttle was a durable, defense-minded outfielder who played 11 major league seasons for the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and Minnesota Twins, debuting in September 1952, spending 1953 back in the minors at Buffalo, and finishing in May 1963. A right-handed hitter and thrower out of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, he was rated one of the American League's most reliable center fielders: he led AL outfielders in putouts in 1955 and 1960 and in assists in 1959 and 1960, and led AL center fielders in assists in 1955, 1956 and 1958. Bradley put him in its athletics hall of fame in January 1954. Tuttle was a contact hitter rather than a power threat, batting .259 with 1,105 hits, 67 home runs and 443 RBIs in 1,270 games; his best years were 1955, when he set career highs of 102 runs, 14 homers and 78 RBIs, and 1959, when he hit .300. Diagnosed with oral cancer in 1993, decades after a Detroit teammate handed him his first chew in 1955, he spent his last years touring clubhouses and schools with Joe Garagiola to warn players and children against spit tobacco, and died in 1998 at 69.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 414 | 0 | 34 | 178 | 116 | 56 | 19 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 46 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. PSA counts are straight grades only; PSA half grades (PSA 1.5 among them) and qualified slabs are not included. SGC half grades fold down (8.5→8). Slabs of the two cards printed #463 are joined by description, never by number alone.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #536 card?
It is card #536 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Tuttle of the Kansas City Athletics.
Does 1961 Topps #536 have an error?
The back lists his team as "Minn. Twins". It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #536 reads the same way.
Why is #536 harder to find?
It is a high number card (cards 523-589) from the seventh and last print series - the scarce end of the set, including the 22 Sporting News All-Stars.
How many cards are in the 1961 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 596 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 589, but #426, #587 and #588 were never issued and two different cards were printed #463 - Jack Fisher and the Milwaukee Braves Team card, catalogued 463b - and eight cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-05.