1962 Topps #47 Bob Will
About Bob Will
Will was a bench man again in 1962, taking part in 87 games but appearing in the field in only nine of them, with six starts. He hit .239 for the year and delivered 17 pinch-hits, two of them home runs - the last two of the nine he hit in the majors. His 1962 Topps card, number 47, comes from the set's first print series and pictures him with the Cubs.
Robert Lee Will, born July 15, 1931, in Berwyn, Illinois, and nicknamed Butch as a boy, was an outfielder who hit and threw left-handed and played all or parts of six seasons for the Chicago Cubs between 1957 and 1963. A three-sport star at Morton High School in Berwyn, he played baseball at Northwestern University and then at Mankato State Teachers College, signing with the Cubs in May 1954 and finishing his degree in 1955. He hit .333 lifetime in the minor leagues over 934 games and was named Most Valuable Player of the Triple-A American Association in 1959 with Fort Worth, batting .336 and leading that league in hits and runs scored. His only real run as a big-league regular came in 1960, when he started 110 games in right field and hit .255 with six home runs and 53 runs batted in. In his other Cubs seasons he worked mainly as a pinch-hitter, once leading the National League in pinch-hit appearances. He closed his major league career with 202 hits and a .247 average in 410 games, played two more minor league seasons, then retired in December 1964 and began a 29-year banking career. He died August 11, 2011, in Woodstock, Illinois.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 270 | 0 | 5 | 80 | 106 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 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. 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 #47 card?
It is card #47 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Will of the Chicago Cubs.
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.