1961 Topps #192 Dick Brown
About Dick Brown
Brown reached Detroit the long way around: Chicago sold him to Milwaukee in November 1960, and the Braves traded him to the Tigers on December 7 before he ever wore their uniform. He made that look shrewd, hitting a grand slam on April 29 and, on May 23, one of three straight Detroit home runs alongside Norm Cash and Steve Boros. A bruised finger and a broken one on his throwing hand cost him from mid-July to September 3, yet he still hit .266 with a major-league career high of 16 homers for a club that won 101 games and finished second anyway. His card here is 1961 Topps number 192, a second-series Tiger.
Richard Ernest Brown was born January 17, 1935 in the coal-mining town of Shinnston, West Virginia, and grew up in Lake Worth, Florida. A right-handed hitter and thrower, he moved from the outfield to catcher in high school to handle hard-throwing teammate Herb Score, left Florida State after one semester on a baseball scholarship, and signed with Cleveland in 1953 for 3,000 dollars. He debuted on June 20, 1957 and caught nine seasons for the Indians, White Sox, Tigers and Orioles, hitting .244 with 62 home runs and 223 RBIs in 636 games behind a .989 fielding percentage. His two Detroit years were his best at the plate, and he caught six pitchers who would reach the Hall of Fame. Headaches that started over the winter of 1965-66 sent him out of Orioles camp to a Baltimore hospital; surgeons removed a brain tumor on March 7, 1966, and a second operation on May 27 found another one they could not fully take out. He never played again. Brother of longtime infielder Larry Brown, he scouted Florida for Baltimore from 1967 until his health failed, and he died in Baltimore on April 17, 1970 at 35.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 348 | 0 | 7 | 119 | 142 | 54 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 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 #192 card?
It is card #192 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Brown of the Detroit Tigers.
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.