1961 Topps #420 Ernie Broglio
About Ernie Broglio
Broglio opened 1961 as the Cardinals' Opening Day starter, then pitched through a sore right shoulder for most of the year, taking close to twenty cortisone shots on his way to a 9-12 record with a 4.12 ERA in 26 starts. Topps issued its first League Leaders cards this season, and his 1960 work put him on three of them: #45 with the National League ERA leaders, #47 with the pitching leaders, and #49 with the strikeout leaders. Collectors chase two printing states of #47, one with a vertical black bar and one without. His own card is #420, and the sixth-series #451, "Power for Ernie," pairs him with the bats behind him, Daryl Spencer and Bill White.
Ernest Gilbert Broglio was born in Berkeley, California, on August 27, 1935, and moved with his family to El Cerrito in 1945. He signed out of El Cerrito High School with the Pacific Coast League's Oakland Oaks in 1953, won 20 games for Stockton in 1955, then landed in the New York Giants chain and went 17-6 for the Dallas Eagles in 1957. A five-player swap sent the right-hander to the St. Louis Cardinals on October 8, 1958. He debuted on April 11, 1959, and broke through the next season at 21-9 with a 2.74 earned run average, tying Warren Spahn for the National League lead in wins, finishing second in ERA and third in the Cy Young vote, and taking the league's Sophomore of the Year award. A sore right shoulder and close to twenty cortisone shots dragged him to 9-12 in 1961, but he rebuilt his arm and won 18 games in 1963. On June 15, 1964, St. Louis sent him, Bobby Shantz and Doug Clemens to the Chicago Cubs for Lou Brock, Jack Spring and Paul Toth. Elbow surgery followed that November, Broglio won only seven more games, and the swap became the standard example of a lopsided trade. He finished 77-74 with a 3.74 ERA and died July 16, 2019.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 401 | 3 | 37 | 204 | 115 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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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Related cards
More Ernie Broglio in this set: #45 League Leaders, #47 League Leaders, #49 League Leaders, #451 Power For Ernie
Team card: #347 St. Louis Cardinals Team
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- #52 George Crowe
- #64 Alex Grammas
- #75 Lindy Shows Larry
- #91 Walt Moryn
- #118 Chris Cannizzaro
- #127 Ron Kline
- #139 Solly Hemus
- #148 Julian Javier
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- #211 Bob Gibson
- #232 Bill White
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #420 card?
It is card #420 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ernie Broglio of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.