1962 Topps #352 Frank Sullivan
About Frank Sullivan
The 1962 Topps card, #352 out of the fourth series, still shows him in Phillies flannels. The uniform was already stale by midsummer. Philadelphia released him after 19 outings, an 0-2 record and a 6.26 ERA, and the Minnesota Twins signed him immediately, putting him under an old Red Sox teammate, manager Sam Mele. Sullivan rewarded them: 21 relief appearances for a Minnesota club that finished second, 4-1 with five saves and a 3.24 ERA, and not an earned run allowed until his sixth time out.
Frank Sullivan, born Franklin Leal Sullivan on January 23, 1930, in Hollywood, California, grew up in nearby Burbank, where he starred in baseball and basketball at Burbank High. Baseball writers called him the Boston Skyscraper: he was one of the tallest pitchers of his era, and he said the height was a big advantage because he usually came in sidearm. Signed by the Red Sox in 1948, he lost two years to Army service in the Korean War, including four and a half months on the front line that earned him the Combat Infantryman Badge. He reached Boston in July 1953 and became the staff workhorse, winning in double figures five straight seasons from 1954 through 1958 and making the American League All-Star team in 1955 and 1956. His best year was 1955, when he tied for the league lead with 18 wins and topped it in innings pitched and games started. Boston traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gene Conley in December 1960, and he closed an eleven-season career in relief with the Minnesota Twins in 1963, finishing 97-100 with a 3.60 ERA and 959 strikeouts. He settled on Kauai, was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2008, and died in Lihue, Hawaii, in January 2016.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 139 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 54 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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 #352 card?
It is card #352 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Sullivan of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.