1961 Topps #57 Marv Throneberry
About Marv Throneberry
Card 57 shows Throneberry with the Kansas City Athletics, who had landed him in a seven-player deal that also sent Hank Bauer, Don Larsen and Norm Siebern west. He opened 1960 as a pinch hitter, inherited first base on June 21 when Siebern shifted to left field, and finished at .250 with 11 home runs and 41 RBIs in 104 games, batting .303 at Municipal Stadium against .205 on the road. Collectors were still opening 1961 packs when he moved again: after 40 games and six homers for the A's, Kansas City sent him to Baltimore for outfielder Gene Stephens at midseason. Number 57 belongs to the set's first print series.
Marvin Eugene Throneberry was born in Collierville, Tennessee, on September 2, 1933, and grew up on the family farm in nearby Fisherville. A left-handed-hitting, left-handed-throwing first baseman, he signed with the New York Yankees in 1952 after turning down an offer to join his older brother Faye with the Boston Red Sox. He became one of the era's most feared minor-league sluggers, leading the American Association in home runs three straight seasons with the Denver Bears from 1955 through 1957 and taking league MVP honors in 1956. Blocked in New York by Bill Skowron, he got his longest looks only when Skowron was hurt, and he was on the Yankees' 1958 World Series winner. He went to Kansas City in the December 1959 blockbuster that brought Roger Maris to the Yankees, moved on to Baltimore at midseason 1961, and was traded to the expansion New York Mets in May 1962. Over parts of seven major-league seasons he batted .237 with 53 home runs and 170 RBIs. Known as Marvelous Marv, he later poked fun at himself in a long run of Miller Lite commercials. He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1983 and died of cancer in Fisherville in 1994 at age 60.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 444 | 1 | 63 | 229 | 87 | 41 | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 34 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 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 #57 card?
It is card #57 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Marv Throneberry of the Kansas City Athletics.
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.