1961 Topps #246 Bob Davis
About Bob Davis
Topps put Davis in Angels colors for a team he never threw a pitch for. After the 1960 season the expansion Washington Senators drafted him out of the Kansas City system and shipped him to Los Angeles the same day for Jim Mahoney; instead of reporting, Davis retired and went back to Yale. So number 246 pictures a Los Angeles Angel who had already left the game, his 0-4 record with Kansas City complete. The card sits in the set's third series, and it is his recognized rookie card.
Robert Edward Davis was a right-handed pitcher born September 11, 1933, in New York City. A product of the Great Neck public schools and the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut, he pitched at Yale, where on April 25, 1953 he no-hit Cornell in a 3-0 win. Kansas City signed him as an amateur free agent in 1955, and in his first pro summer he threw a seven-inning no-hitter for the Class C Burlington A's against Trois-Rivieres, striking out ten. He debuted for the Athletics on July 26, 1958, working the first six innings of a 4-3 loss to Baltimore, and came back in 1960 after winning 16 games at Shreveport. Across 29 big-league games, 25 of them in relief, he went 0-4 with a 5.71 ERA and one save, allowing 76 hits and 34 walks in 63 innings while striking out 50. Six feet tall and 170 pounds, he threw and batted right-handed. In the December 1960 American League expansion draft the new Washington Senators took him and dealt him the same day to the Los Angeles Angels for Jim Mahoney; rather than report, Davis retired and returned to Yale. He later earned a master's degree in history, and died December 22, 2001, in New York.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 268 | 3 | 29 | 142 | 55 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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 #246 card?
It is card #246 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Davis of the Los Angeles Angels.
Is 1961 Topps #246 a rookie card?
Yes - #246 is the 1961 Topps rookie card of Bob Davis.
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.