1962 Topps #458 Bob Buhl
Card #458 comes in two collectible states, both naming him a Cub: 458b shows the M of his old Milwaukee cap still in place, the error printing, and 458a shows a plain cap, the corrected printing.
About Bob Buhl
The 1962 set catches Buhl mid-move. The card reports a 9-10 season with a 4.11 ERA over 188.1 innings, his last full year in Milwaukee, and it was a sour one at the end: late in the schedule Birdie Tebbetts replaced Chuck Dressen for the final 25 games and dropped the slumping right-hander deep into the bullpen, where he worked three times the rest of the way. Insulted by that and by a proposed pay cut, Buhl knew his days there were numbered, and on April 30, 1962 the Braves traded him to Chicago for young pitcher Jack Curtis. Card #458 is a sixth-series issue that already lists him with the Cubs, and it comes in two collectible states.
Bob Buhl signed with the Chicago White Sox out of a 1946 tryout camp in his hometown of Saginaw, Michigan, but Commissioner Happy Chandler granted him free agency in February 1948 because the deal came before he had graduated from high school, and he signed with the Boston Braves organization instead. Army paratrooper duty in 1951-52 delayed him further; he debuted on April 17, 1953. Over fifteen seasons he went 166-132 with a 3.55 ERA in 2,587 innings for the Braves (1953-1962), Chicago Cubs (1962-1966) and Philadelphia Phillies (1966-1967). He won 18 games in 1956 and 18 again in 1957, when his .720 winning percentage led the National League and Milwaukee won the only World Series title of its Braves era. He earned the nickname Dodger Killer by beating Brooklyn in five straight starts in 1956. At the plate he was hopeless: no home runs in 857 career at-bats and a .089 average. He settled in Mio, Michigan, coached high school ball at Hillman in the 1970s, and died in Titusville, Florida on February 16, 2001.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Print variations
Two states of #458 are tracked individually: 458a - Plain Cap and 458b - M On Cap. The difference is on the front of the card (cap emblem).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 458a - Plain Cap | |||||||||
| PSA | 242 | 0 | 11 | 68 | 71 | 52 | 21 | 19 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 458b - M On Cap | |||||||||
| PSA | 157 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 51 | 37 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Not designated by SGC | |||||||||
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 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 whose label names no variation are listed as not designated. 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 #458 card?
It is card #458 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Buhl of the Chicago Cubs.
Does 1962 Topps #458 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked separately: 458a - Plain Cap (Bob Buhl with a plain cap - the corrected state) and 458b - M On Cap (An "M" on the cap - the error state). Owning any one of them fills the #458 slot; the master set counts each state.
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.