1962 Topps #166 Don Lee
About Don Lee
Lee opened 1962 in the Twins rotation and made nine starts, going 3-3 with a 4.50 ERA, before Minnesota traded him to the Los Angeles Angels for Jim Donohue on May 29. The change suited him: 8-8 with a 3.11 ERA in 27 games for the Angels, four complete games, and both of the shutouts he threw that year. Asked later what an 11-win season was worth in that era, he answered that his contract went up $1,500. Card #166 is a second-series 1962 Topps issue that lists him with the Twins.
Donald Edward Lee, a 6-foot-4 right-hander born February 26, 1934, in Globe, Arizona, pitched at the University of Arizona before the Detroit Tigers signed him as an amateur free agent in June 1956. He debuted for Detroit in April 1957, went to the Milwaukee Braves in an October 1959 trade, and landed in Washington that November when the Senators took him in the Rule 5 draft. He moved with that franchise to Minnesota, then pitched for the Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs, making his last appearance in August 1966. A swingman who shuttled between the rotation and the bullpen, Lee peaked in 1962, when a season divided between the Twins and Angels produced career highs of 11 wins, 102 strikeouts, two shutouts and 205 1/3 innings. Nine seasons left him 40-44 with a 3.61 ERA, 467 strikeouts and 11 saves in 244 games. His father was Thornton Lee, a 22-game winner for the 1941 White Sox, and the two share an oddity: Ted Williams is the only man to homer off both a father and his son, reaching Thornton in September 1939 and Don in September 1960.
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Print variations
Two states of #166 are tracked individually: 166a - No Green Tint and 166b - Green Tint. The difference is on the front of the card (green tint).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166a - No Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 200 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 88 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 166b - Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 45 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation. 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 #166 card?
It is card #166 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Lee of the Minnesota Twins.
Does 1962 Topps #166 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked separately: 166a - No Green Tint (No green tint - the standard first printing) and 166b - Green Tint (Green tint - the color-shifted second printing of series 2). Owning any one of them fills the #166 slot; the master set counts each state.
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.