1962 Topps #564 Bob Grim
About Bob Grim
Grim's card lands in series seven, the high-number tail of the 1962 Topps set, and lists him with the Kansas City Athletics - the club that signed him as a free agent in April 1962 after the Cardinals let him go. His first Topps card came in 1955, the season after he won 20 games as a Yankee rookie. The card also marks the end: Grim made his final major-league appearance on May 24, 1962, and the Athletics released him within days, closing out an eight-year career at 32.
Bob Grim signed with his hometown Yankees out of a Brooklyn high school in June 1948 and, after two years pitching in the Marines, reached the majors on April 18, 1954. He went 20-6 with a 3.26 ERA that first season, the first Yankee rookie to win 20 games since Russ Ford in 1910, and was voted American League Rookie of the Year. Elbow trouble surfaced in 1955 and shadowed the rest of his eight-year career. Working strictly in relief by 1957, he went 12-8 with a 2.63 ERA and piled up 19 saves, the most in the league by a count assembled years later, since saves were not yet a standard statistic. Named an All-Star that summer, he finished the All-Star Game by retiring pinch-hitter Gil Hodges to left field for a save in the American League's 6-5 win. He pitched in the 1955 and 1957 World Series and was on the 1956 championship roster without getting into a game. The Yankees traded him to Kansas City in June 1958, and he later pitched for Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis in 1960 before spending 1961 in the minors. Kansas City signed him again for a last dozen relief outings in 1962. He finished 61-41 with a 3.61 ERA.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 378 | 0 | 22 | 160 | 144 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| SGC | 52 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
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 #564 card?
It is card #564 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Grim of the Kansas City Athletics.
Why is #564 harder to find?
It is a high number card (cards 523-598) from the seventh print series, distributed last and in the smallest quantity - the toughest cards in the set and home to all 42 short prints and the Rookie Parade.
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.