1961 Topps #34 Wynn Hawkins
About Wynn Hawkins
Card 34 in the set, a first-series issue, so it turns up about as easily as any 1961 Topps common. The number carries a nice coincidence: 34 was the uniform number Hawkins wore in each of his three Cleveland seasons. The card follows his first big league year, 1960, when he went 4-4 with a 4.23 ERA in 15 games, nine of them starts. He beat Detroit 2-1 on April 26 for his first major league win, working the first 11 innings of a 12-inning game, and on June 17 he served up Ted Williams's 500th home run at Cleveland Stadium.
Wynn Firth Hawkins was a right-handed pitcher born February 20, 1936, in East Palestine, Ohio. A New Waterford High School star, he was signed by Cleveland as an amateur free agent in 1955 while at Baldwin-Wallace, where his professional contract barred him from the baseball team, so he played three seasons of basketball instead and was elected to the school's athletic hall of fame in 2003. Hawkins made his major league debut on April 22, 1960, the first New Waterford graduate to reach the majors, and pitched for the Indians through 1962, going 12-13 with a 4.17 ERA and one save in 48 games, 30 of them starts. He is best remembered for surrendering Ted Williams's 500th career home run on June 17, 1960. He later said he tore a tendon in his shoulder after joining a neighborhood snowball fight following a heavy snow, and that his career ended right as it was really starting; he pitched in the minors through 1964 without returning to the big leagues. Hawkins went on to scout for Cleveland, serve as the club's traveling secretary and sell season tickets. He died February 11, 2021, at his home in Canfield, Ohio. He is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 504 | 10 | 79 | 281 | 94 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 32 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 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 #34 card?
It is card #34 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wynn Hawkins of the Cleveland Indians.
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.