1961 Topps #264 Glen Hobbie
About Glen Hobbie
Both of Hobbie's 1961 Topps cards followed a 16-20 season in which he threw a career-high 258 2/3 innings and completed 16 of his 36 starts for a Cubs club that finished seventh, one game clear of the last-place Phillies. On August 25 at Wrigley, tied 1-1 with two out in the ninth, he beat Pittsburgh with a walk-off homer, his first in the majors. Card #264 is his portrait from the third series; #393, a fifth-series combo titled Batter Bafflers, pairs him with Cubs right-hander Don Cardwell.
Glen Hobbie was a right-handed pitcher who spent nearly his entire big-league career with the Chicago Cubs. Born in Witt, Illinois, he reached the majors in September 1957, weeks after the Cubs bought his contract from Memphis of the Southern Association for $50,000. The 6-foot-2 Hobbie split 1958 between the rotation and the bullpen, going 10-6 with 16 starts in 55 appearances, then took a regular turn in 1959 and opened that April with the best game of his career, a one-hit 1-0 shutout of St. Louis that was perfect until Stan Musial doubled with two out in the seventh. He won 16 games in both 1959 and 1960, topping 230 innings each year, and in 1960 he also led the National League with 20 losses. A back injury in 1961 altered his follow-through and cost him his fastball, and he never got it back. Chicago traded him to the Cardinals for Lew Burdette on June 2, 1964; his last big-league appearance came seven weeks later and he finished the year in the minors. Over eight seasons he went 62-81 with a 4.20 ERA, 682 strikeouts, 45 complete games and 11 shutouts in 284 games. He later worked as a supervisor for a roller derby association in Litchfield, Illinois, and died in 2013 at 77.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 312 | 3 | 28 | 147 | 83 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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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More Glen Hobbie in this set: #393 Batter Bafflers
Team card: #122 Chicago Cubs Team
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- #35 Ron Santo
- #58 Joe Schaffernoth
- #88 Richie Ashburn
- #107 Seth Morehead
- #141 Billy Williams
- #169 Don Elston
- #196 Ed Bouchee
- #214 Danny Murphy
- #231 Dick Drott
- #253 Sammy Taylor
- #283 Bob Anderson
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #264 card?
It is card #264 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Glen Hobbie of the Chicago Cubs.
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.