1962 Topps #134 Billy Hoeft
Four states are recognized for this card, set apart by the sky color behind Hoeft and by a green tint; the Blue Sky pose is treated as the base card.
Uncorrected error: His 1961 ERA reads 2.04 in the stat line and 2.02 in the text - 2.02 is right
About Billy Hoeft
Number 134 falls in the second series, an ordinary low-number slot. It celebrates the best pitching of Hoeft's later years: a 2.02 earned run average in 1961, 7-4 with one shutout and three saves, mixing 12 starts with 23 relief outings over 138 innings. At that workload he fell short of the innings needed to qualify for the ERA title, but his mark sat nearly four-tenths of a run below the American League leader, Dick Donovan at 2.40. The high point was a one-hit shutout of Washington on August 19. Collectors chase four recognized states of this card - Blue Sky, Green Sky, Blue Sky-Green Tint and Green Sky-Green Tint - with the Blue Sky pose treated as the base card.
Billy Hoeft, born May 17, 1932, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was a left-handed pitcher who spent 15 seasons in the major leagues. As a schoolboy and American Legion pitcher he was a Wisconsin legend, winning more than 30 straight games with three no-hitters and, in April 1950, striking out all 27 batters he faced. Scouts swarmed him, but he refused bonus-player status, reasoning that the rules attached to it would stall his development, and signed with Detroit. He debuted at 19 on April 18, 1952, struck out the side on nine pitches against the White Sox on September 7, 1953, and went 16-7 with a 2.99 ERA in 1955, leading the majors with seven shutouts and earning his only All-Star selection. He won 20 games in 1956. Detroit traded him in May 1959, and he pitched afterward for Boston, Baltimore, San Francisco, Milwaukee and the Cubs, closing his career with four late games back in San Francisco in 1966. He finished 97-101 with a 3.94 earned run average and 1,140 strikeouts in 505 games, and he served up the first of Harmon Killebrew's 573 home runs. Hoeft died of cancer on March 16, 2010, in Canadian Lakes, Michigan.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Print variations
Four states of #134 are tracked individually: 134a - Blue Sky, 134b - Green Sky, 134c - Blue Sky-Green Tint and 134d - Green Sky-Green Tint. The difference is on the front of the card (photo pose + green tint + pose 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134a - Blue Sky | |||||||||
| PSA | 188 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 70 | 52 | 24 | 17 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 134b - Green Sky | |||||||||
| PSA | 160 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 56 | 41 | 15 | 20 | 1 |
| 134c - Blue Sky-Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 134d - Green Sky-Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 #134 card?
It is card #134 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Billy Hoeft of the Baltimore Orioles.
Does 1962 Topps #134 have variations?
Yes. Four states are catalogued and tracked separately: 134a - Blue Sky (Blue sky behind Billy Hoeft - the version PSA lists first), 134b - Green Sky (Green sky, no tint), 134c - Blue Sky-Green Tint (Blue sky with the green tint) and 134d - Green Sky-Green Tint (Green sky with the green tint). Owning any one of them fills the #134 slot; the master set counts each state.
Does 1962 Topps #134 have an error?
His 1961 ERA reads 2.04 in the stat line and 2.02 in the text - 2.02 is right. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #134 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.