1962 Topps #282 Dave Hillman
The card back credits him with three seasons for the Cubs; he actually pitched for Chicago in parts of five, 1955 through 1959.
Uncorrected error: The back says he pitched three years for the Cubs - it was five
About Dave Hillman
Card #282 in the 1962 third series puts Hillman in a Cincinnati cap he barely wore. Boston shipped him to the Reds on October 13, 1961, on a conditional deal, and Cincinnati passed after two April outings and four runs in 3 2/3 innings, sending him back on April 17; the Mets bought him nine days later. The back shortchanges his Chicago years, crediting three seasons with the Cubs when he pitched for them in parts of five, 1955 through 1959. The card trailed his best season: 3-2 with a 2.77 ERA in 78 innings across 28 games, 27 of them in relief, until a batted ball broke his left thumb on August 19.
Dave Hillman, born Darius Dutton Hillman in Dungannon, Virginia, was a right-handed pitcher and the first big leaguer ever produced by that tiny southwestern Virginia town or its high school. He reached the majors with the Chicago Cubs in 1955 after Air Force service and five seasons in the minors, and spent parts of five years in Chicago as a swingman who could start or relieve. He moved on to the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Mets to close out an eight-season career that ran through 1962, going 21-37 with a 3.87 ERA, 296 strikeouts, eight complete games, and one shutout in 188 games. His steadiest stretch came with the late-1950s Cubs, where sharp control -- more than two strikeouts per walk in both 1958 and 1959 -- kept his ERA respectable even when his won-lost record did not reflect it. After baseball he settled in Kingsport, Tennessee, and spent decades selling clothes at his uncle's store, retiring in 1990. He died in 2022 at 95, by then the oldest surviving Cincinnati Reds alumnus.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 0 | 8 | 122 | 62 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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 #282 card?
It is card #282 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Hillman of the Cincinnati Reds.
Does 1962 Topps #282 have an error?
The back says he pitched three years for the Cubs - it was five. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #282 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.