1962 Topps #33 Don Larsen
The card back dates the Giants trade to December 1961; it was actually made on November 30, 1961.
Uncorrected error: The back says he was traded to the Giants in December 1961 - the trade came in November
About Don Larsen
A first-series card, #33 catches Larsen in a brand-new uniform. San Francisco gave up Bob Farley, Eddie Fisher, Dom Zanni and a player to be named to get him and Billy Pierce from the Chicago White Sox on November 30, 1961. The back dates that trade to December, but it was made on the last day of November. The line under the picture covers a 1961 season split between two American League clubs, eight games with the Athletics and 25 with the White Sox after a June deal, for a combined 8-2.
Don James Larsen was a 6-foot-4 right-hander from Michigan City, Indiana, who pitched in the majors between 1953 and 1967 for seven different clubs, finishing 81-91 with a 3.78 ERA in 412 games. He came up with the St. Louis Browns in 1953 and stayed with the franchise when it moved east and became the Baltimore Orioles, losing a league-leading 21 games in 1954. A 17-player trade on November 17, 1954, sent him to the New York Yankees, and there, on October 8, 1956, he threw the only perfect game in World Series history, retiring all 27 Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 and collecting the World Series MVP and Babe Ruth awards. He won titles with the 1956 and 1958 Yankees. After New York came the Kansas City Athletics, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, the Houston Colt .45s and Astros, Baltimore a second time, and finally the Chicago Cubs, with a shift from spot starter to full-time reliever along the way. Cooperstown never called, but the perfect game kept him on the writers' ballot for fifteen years, and San Diego's Breitbard Hall of Fame took him in 1964.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 332 | 2 | 11 | 119 | 124 | 38 | 17 | 21 | 0 |
| SGC | 40 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 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 #33 card?
It is card #33 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Larsen of the San Francisco Giants.
Does 1962 Topps #33 have an error?
The back says he was traded to the Giants in December 1961 - the trade came in November. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #33 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.