1962 Topps #506 Charley Maxwell
Topps printed his first name as "Charley" on the front and the back; he went by Charlie.
Uncorrected error: First name printed "Charley" on the front and back - he was Charlie Maxwell
About Charley Maxwell
Card 506 belongs to the sixth series of the 1962 Topps set, deep in the run. It shows a Tiger whose everyday job had gone: Rocky Colavito took over left field in Detroit in 1961, and Maxwell spent most of the year waiting on the bench, coming up 56 times as a pinch hitter and getting into 79 games in all. He batted .229 with 5 home runs and 18 RBIs, though 20 walks kept his on-base percentage at .333. Collectors notice the name first, since Topps printed him as Charley on both the front and the back when he went by Charlie.
Charles Richard "Charlie" Maxwell, a left-handed hitting and throwing outfielder from Lawton, Michigan, played fourteen major league seasons between 1950 and 1964 for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox. He pitched for Western Michigan College and served two years in the Army before Boston signed him, and a minor league manager moved him to the outfield in 1947, his bat being further along than his control. Stuck behind Ted Williams in Boston, he was sold to Baltimore after the 1954 season, and Detroit bought his contract for the waiver price in May 1955. In Detroit he became an everyday left fielder, an All-Star in 1956 and 1957, a .326 hitter in 1956, and the owner of career bests of 31 home runs and 95 RBIs in 1959; he twice led American League outfielders in fielding percentage. He hit home runs on Sundays at a rate nobody could explain, 40 of his 148 career homers landing on that one day, which made him Sunday Charlie; southwest Michigan knew him as Ol' Paw Paw, after the town he lived in. He finished at .264 with 148 home runs and 532 RBIs, later sold die castings in Kalamazoo, entered the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, and died in 2024 at 97.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 0 | 10 | 109 | 70 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 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 #506 card?
It is card #506 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Charley Maxwell of the Detroit Tigers.
Does 1962 Topps #506 have an error?
First name printed "Charley" on the front and back - he was Charlie Maxwell. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #506 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.