1962 Topps #128 Art Fowler
The back of this card gets two things wrong: it prints the wrong birth year for a man born in 1922, and it credits him with pitching for the Dodgers in 1960 when his Dodgers season was 1959.
Uncorrected error: The back gives the wrong birth year (Fowler was born in 1922) and says he pitched for the Dodgers in 1960 - it was 1959
About Art Fowler
Fowler worked strictly out of the bullpen for the Angels in 1962, taking the ball 48 times without a single start and going 4-3 with five saves and a 2.81 ERA over 77 innings. Tom Morgan closed that season, and manager Bill Rigney liked to save Fowler's control for the tight spots. His 1962 Topps card, #128, came out in the set's second print series. It is a regular card, since he had been in the big leagues since 1954. The back carries two errors, a wrong birth year and a line putting him with the Dodgers in 1960. Two printing states exist, one with a green tint and one without.
John Arthur Fowler (1922-2007) was a right-handed pitcher and, later, a longtime pitching coach best known for his partnership with manager Billy Martin. Born in Converse, South Carolina, one of ten children, he came up through the Carolina textile leagues and was signed by the New York Giants in 1944, then spent a decade grinding through the minors, leading the Southern Association in games, innings and ERA for the 1953 Atlanta Crackers. He did not reach the majors until he was 31, debuting for the Cincinnati Reds in 1954 and going 12-10 with a 3.83 ERA as a rookie. After several seasons as a starter and reliever in Cincinnati and a rough 1959 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he resurfaced at 38 with the expansion Los Angeles Angels and pitched almost entirely in relief from 1961 through 1964. He finished 54-51 with 32 saves and a 4.03 ERA in 362 games. He then followed Martin through five organizations as a pitching coach, including four stints with the New York Yankees, and was on the staff for their 1977 and 1978 World Series titles and for Ron Guidry's 1978 Cy Young season.
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Print variations
Two states of #128 are tracked individually: 128a - No Green Tint and 128b - Green Tint. The difference is on the front of the card (green tint).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128a - No Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 192 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 87 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 128b - Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 62 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation. 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 #128 card?
It is card #128 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Art Fowler of the Los Angeles Angels.
Does 1962 Topps #128 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked separately: 128a - No Green Tint (No green tint - the standard first printing) and 128b - Green Tint (Green tint - the color-shifted second printing of series 2). Owning any one of them fills the #128 slot; the master set counts each state.
Does 1962 Topps #128 have an error?
The back gives the wrong birth year (Fowler was born in 1922) and says he pitched for the Dodgers in 1960 - it was 1959. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #128 reads the same way.
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.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-03.