1961 Topps #394 Ken Walters
About Ken Walters
Card #394 sits in the fifth print series of the 1961 Topps set, out of a Philadelphia season nobody in that city wanted to remember. Gene Mauch's club went 47-107, finished last, 46 games behind pennant-winning Cincinnati, and dropped 23 in a row, the longest losing streak in the majors since 1900. Walters spent most of the year on the bench, batting .228 with two home runs in 180 at-bats over 86 games, plus 21 appearances as a pinch hitter and 13 as a pinch runner.
Kenneth Rogers Walters was a right-handed outfielder born November 11, 1933 in Fresno, California. He graduated from Fremont High School in Oakland in 1951, and Detroit signed him as an amateur free agent the next year. He spent the rest of the decade in the minors, missing 1954 and 1955 for military service. On December 5, 1959 the Tigers sent him to Philadelphia with Ted Lepcio and minor leaguer Alex Cosmidis for Chico Fernandez and Ray Semproch. Walters debuted for the Phillies on April 12, 1960 against Cincinnati and singled in his first big-league at-bat, then hit .239 with eight home runs in 124 games as a rookie. A reserve in 1961, he was purchased by the Reds on February 9, 1962 and spent that whole season with their Triple-A club in San Diego, hitting .300 with 22 home runs. He came back to Cincinnati in 1963 for one last big-league stint and finished at .231 with 11 home runs and 58 RBI in 259 games. Two more minor league seasons followed before he retired. He died January 26, 2010 in San Ramon, California.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 254 | 0 | 22 | 139 | 62 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #394 card?
It is card #394 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Walters of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.