1962 Topps #102 Al Schroll
About Al Schroll
Schroll's card shows him with the Minnesota Twins, looking back on 1961, his last season in the majors. The Twins, playing their first year after the franchise moved from Washington, bought his contract in late July, and he got his most sustained big-league trial: eight starts in August and September, two complete games, a 4-4 record and a 5.22 ERA for a club that finished 70-90. On August 20 he and Jack Kralick each homered against the Los Angeles Angels, and on September 27 he carried a no-hitter into the ninth against Cleveland before the Indians broke through, hanging on for his final major-league win. Card #102 comes from Topps' first series.
Al Schroll was a right-handed pitcher from New Orleans who reached the majors in 1958 after seven full seasons in the minors. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, he was nicknamed Bull for his robust build. Between 1958 and 1961 he pitched for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins, going 6-9 with a 5.34 ERA in 35 appearances, 13 of them starts. He won his first big-league game in relief for the Phillies against Cincinnati in April 1959, then was returned to Boston and beat Cleveland 4-1 on July 29 with a complete-game six-hitter, his only win in a Red Sox uniform. That December the Red Sox traded him to the Cubs for Bobby Thomson, the 1951 New York Giants pennant hero. Schroll worked only 2 2/3 innings for Chicago before spending the rest of 1960 in the minors, then got his longest look as a starter with the 1961 Twins. Two more seasons in the Twins farm system closed out his career. He attended Tulane and came from an athletic family; his older brother Bill played pro football for three teams from 1949 to 1951.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 325 | 0 | 15 | 168 | 102 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #102 card?
It is card #102 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Schroll of the Minnesota Twins.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
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