1961 Topps #459 Terry Fox
About Terry Fox
Fox's rookie card, 1961 Topps #459, sits in the sixth series. It pictures him with Detroit, but the season on the back belongs to Milwaukee: a September call-up, five relief outings, 8 1/3 innings, a 4.32 ERA for Chuck Dressen's second-place Braves. All four road appearances were scoreless over eight innings; every earned run he allowed came in one home outing that lasted a single out. Detroit had traded for him that December, before the card reached a pack.
Terry Fox was a right-handed relief pitcher who spent seven major league seasons, 1960 through 1966, with the Milwaukee Braves, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies. Born July 31, 1935, in Chicago and raised in Midlothian, he graduated from Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois, in 1953 and took a Class C contract from the Atlanta Crackers after four tryout camps; the Braves picked him out of the Atlanta organization at no cost after the 1955 season. Two summers with the New Iberia Pelicans of the Evangeline League made his name, 13-4 in the first and 21-12 in the second, and Atlanta, Jacksonville, Topeka, Austin and Sacramento followed before Milwaukee called him up in September 1960. That December the Braves shipped him to Detroit with Bill Bruton, Dick Brown and Chuck Cottier for Frank Bolling and Neil Chrisley, and he became the Tigers' late-inning man for five seasons, leading the club in saves in 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1965. He never started a major league game: all 248 of his appearances came out of the bullpen, and he finished 29-19 with a 2.99 ERA, 59 saves and 185 strikeouts. Fox settled in New Iberia, married Loreauville native Shirley Dugas and spent 26 years with Texaco starting in 1968.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 336 | 0 | 29 | 159 | 94 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #459 card?
It is card #459 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Terry Fox of the Detroit Tigers.
Is 1961 Topps #459 a rookie card?
Yes - #459 is the 1961 Topps rookie card of Terry Fox.
Why is #459 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.