1961 Topps #455 Early Wynn
About Early Wynn
All three 1961 Topps cards look back at Wynn's 1960 season with the White Sox: 13-12, a 3.49 ERA, 158 strikeouts, and a share of the American League shutout lead at four. Print-series-1 card #50, 'American League 1960 Strikeout Leaders,' ranks him behind Jim Bunning and Pedro Ramos, alongside Frank Lary; series-4 #337, 'Al's Aces,' groups him with manager Al Lopez and Herb Score. Solo #455 is a series-6 card.
Early Wynn pitched 23 major-league seasons between 1939 and 1963 for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox, finishing 300-244 with a 3.54 ERA and 2,334 strikeouts. Washington sent him to Cleveland with Mickey Vernon after the 1948 season for Joe Haynes, Ed Klieman and Eddie Robinson, and there pitching coach Mel Harder added a curveball, slider and knuckleball to a fastball that had been almost his whole arsenal. Wynn led the American League with a 3.20 ERA in 1950, won 20 or more games four times in Cleveland alongside Bob Feller, Bob Lemon and Mike Garcia, and started Game 2 of the World Series for the 1954 club that set an American League record with 111 wins. Traded to the White Sox after the 1957 season, he won the 1959 Cy Young Award at 39 with a league-best 22 victories and pitched Chicago to its first pennant since 1919, opening that World Series with seven scoreless innings in an 11-0 rout of the Dodgers. Released after 1962 sitting on 299 wins, he signed with Cleveland in June 1963 and at 43 became the 14th pitcher to reach 300. A nine-time All-Star and one of the most intimidating men in the game, Wynn entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac · Encyclopedia of Alabama
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 853 | 1 | 27 | 264 | 259 | 153 | 85 | 64 | 0 |
| SGC | 135 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 39 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 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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Related cards
More Early Wynn in this set: #50 League Leaders, #337 Al's Aces
Team card: #7 Chicago White Sox Team
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #30 Nellie Fox
- #56 Russ Kemmerer
- #79 Joe Ginsberg
- #90 Jerry Staley
- #124 J.C. Martin
- #132 Al Lopez
- #152 Earl Torgeson
- #157 Cal McLish
- #170 Al Smith
- #185 Herb Score
- #205 Bill Pierce
- #227 Juan Pizarro
- #247 Billy Goodman
- #271 Jim Landis
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #455 card?
It is card #455 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Early Wynn of the Chicago White Sox.
Why is #455 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.