1962 Topps #589 Bob Turley
The back's lifetime strikeout line reads 111, a digit short of his real career total.
Uncorrected error: The back prints his lifetime strikeout total as 111 - a digit is missing
About Bob Turley
Number 589 is a high number out of the seventh and final series of 1962 Topps. The back covers a wrecked 1961: elbow pain held him to 15 games, 72 innings, a 3-5 record and a 5.75 ERA while new manager Ralph Houk pushed him out of the rotation and into the bullpen. Hurt for much of the summer, he made himself useful from the bench, whistling stolen pitch signs to Yankee hitters through the Maris and Mantle home run chase. New York beat Cincinnati in five games that October without using him. One quirk to look for: the back's lifetime strikeout line reads 111, a digit short of the 1,100-plus he had really piled up.
Bob Turley threw as hard as anyone in the 1950s and walked more men than almost anyone. The St. Louis Browns signed him out of East St. Louis Senior High School in June 1948; after an Army hitch that cost him 1952 and most of 1953, he moved with the franchise to Baltimore, pitched the first Orioles game at Memorial Stadium, and led the American League with 185 strikeouts - and 181 walks - in 1954. That November he was the centerpiece of a 17-player swap with the New York Yankees, still the largest trade in major league history. A no-windup delivery sharpened his control, and 1958 was the season of his life: 21-7, the league lead in wins, two World Series wins over Milwaukee and the Series MVP award, the Cy Young Award and the Hickok Belt. Elbow trouble and bone chips followed. A three-time All-Star, he finished 101-85 in 1963 with the Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox, then went into insurance and financial planning, co-founding the firm that became Primerica.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 312 | 0 | 8 | 106 | 108 | 58 | 22 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 30 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 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 #589 card?
It is card #589 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Turley of the New York Yankees.
Does 1962 Topps #589 have an error?
The back prints his lifetime strikeout total as 111 - a digit is missing. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #589 reads the same way.
Why is #589 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.