1962 Topps #105 Don Mossi
The card's back lists an incorrect birth year for Mossi; he was actually born in 1929.
Uncorrected error: The back gives the wrong birth year - Mossi was born in 1929
About Don Mossi
Mossi turns up twice in the 1962 Topps set, both cards in the first print series. Number 55 is the 1961 American League E.R.A. Leaders card, where his 2.96 mark put him alongside Dick Donovan, Bill Stafford and Milt Pappas, and number 105 is his own Tigers card, whose back gets his birth year wrong - he was born in 1929. The 1962 season itself was a step down: 27 starts, an 11-13 record and a 4.19 ERA over 180.1 innings for a Detroit club that sank to fourth place at 85-76.
Don Mossi pitched twelve big-league seasons, from 1954 to 1965, as a left-handed control specialist for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics, finishing 101-80 with 50 saves and a 3.43 ERA. Born January 11, 1929 in St. Helena, California and raised in Daly City, he signed with Cleveland out of Jefferson High School and began his pro career at Class C Bakersfield in 1949. Five minor-league seasons went into taming his control before his 1954 debut, when the pennant-winning Indians paired him in the bullpen with roommate Ray Narleski. Mossi posted a 1.94 ERA that rookie year and worked four scoreless innings in the 1954 World Series, the only one he ever reached. Cleveland moved him into the rotation in 1957; he was named an American League All-Star and, entering that game in the ninth, struck out Eddie Mathews. Traded to Detroit after the 1958 season, he became a full-time starter and had his best year in 1961, leading the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio. Arm trouble shortened his later Tiger seasons, and he closed out as a short reliever with the White Sox and Athletics. His .990 career fielding percentage was the best any pitcher had recorded when he retired, and Cleveland later named him one of its 100 Greatest Indians.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 276 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 119 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 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 #105 card?
It is card #105 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Mossi of the Detroit Tigers.
Does 1962 Topps #105 have an error?
The back gives the wrong birth year - Mossi was born in 1929. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #105 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.