1961 Topps #431 Chuck Stobbs
About Chuck Stobbs
1961 Topps card No. 431 pictures Stobbs with the Minnesota Twins, part of the set's fifth series - for a pitcher already in his fifteenth big-league season. The Washington franchise he had pitched for through most of the 1950s had just moved to Minnesota, and this was his last year on a big-league mound. He worked almost entirely out of the bullpen, starting three games and relieving in 21 others, and finished 2-3 with a 7.46 ERA. His final major-league appearance came on August 12 against Detroit, and the Twins released him that October.
Chuck Stobbs was a lefthander born in Wheeling, West Virginia, whose family settled in Norfolk, Virginia, where he starred in football, basketball and baseball at Granby High School. One of baseball's original bonus babies, he turned down college offers and signed with the Boston Red Sox in May 1947 for a reported $50,000, then debuted at 18 on September 15 of that year. Over fifteen seasons he pitched for the Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Washington club that moved to Minnesota, going 107-130 with a 4.29 ERA and 897 strikeouts in 459 games. He won a career-high 15 games in 1956 and went 12-7 in 1960, but he also led the American League with 20 losses in 1957 for a last-place club. He is best remembered for the pitch Mickey Mantle drove completely out of Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953, a blast estimated at 565 feet and often called the first tape-measure home run of the live-ball era. Stobbs later coached at George Washington University and worked at a Kansas City Royals baseball academy in Florida. The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame inducted him in 2002; he died in Sarasota, Florida, in 2008, and was never elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 329 | 1 | 28 | 161 | 104 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 #431 card?
It is card #431 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chuck Stobbs of the Minnesota Twins.
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.