1961 Topps #521 Brother Battery - Norm Sherry / Larry Sherry
On this card: Norm Sherry, Larry Sherry
About this card
This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1961 Topps set, each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
Topps built #521 around something no stat line could carry: the two Los Angeles Dodgers pictured are brothers. Norm Sherry caught, Larry Sherry pitched, and when their turns lined up the club could send a family out as its battery - the pair first worked together on May 7, 1960, becoming the first Jewish brothers to serve as batterymates in the major leagues. That is what the Brother Battery title means, and it is why the two share one card rather than each taking a solo slot. For collectors it is a card from the sixth print series.
Norm Sherry - Dodgers and Mets catcher from 1959 to 1963, a career backup behind John Roseboro who is remembered less for his .215 bat than for the 1961 spring-training word that helped straighten out Sandy Koufax. Larry Sherry - right-handed reliever who became the first pitcher out of the bullpen to win World Series MVP, working all four Dodger wins in 1959; the slider his catcher brother Norm taught him carried him eleven seasons.
Sources: Wikipedia (Norm Sherry) · Wikipedia (Larry Sherry) · SABR BioProject (Larry Sherry) · SABR BioProject (Norm Sherry) · Baseball Almanac (Norm Sherry) · Baseball Almanac (Larry Sherry)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 588 | 5 | 40 | 300 | 143 | 62 | 18 | 18 | 2 |
| SGC | 62 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 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 #521 card?
It is card #521 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Norm Sherry and Larry Sherry. This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1961 Topps set, each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
Why is #521 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series (cards 447-522) - noticeably tougher than the first five, easier than the true highs.
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.