1962 Topps #7 Frank Thomas
This is Frank Joseph Thomas, born in 1929, an original New York Met - not the Frank Thomas who starred for the White Sox in the 1990s.
About Frank Thomas
Milwaukee made Thomas its regular left fielder in May 1961, and he answered in a lineup with Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews and Joe Adcock: at Crosley Field on June 8 those four became the first quartet in major-league history to homer in consecutive at-bats, Thomas supplying the fourth. He batted .284 with 25 home runs and 67 RBIs in 124 Braves games, then went that November to the brand-new New York Mets in a deal that sent Gus Bell and $100,000 to Milwaukee. Topps listed him with New York on #7, a first-series card. Read the name carefully: this is Frank Joseph Thomas, born in 1929, an original Met, not the White Sox star born in 1968.
Frank Joseph Thomas (June 11, 1929 - January 16, 2023) was a right-handed-hitting outfielder, third baseman and first baseman who spent 16 major-league seasons from 1951 to 1966 with seven National League clubs. A Pittsburgh native who grew up in the shadow of Forbes Field, he spent four and a half years studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood at a seminary in Niagara Falls, Ontario before choosing professional baseball with the Pirates. He debuted at Forbes Field on August 17, 1951, and made All-Star teams in 1954, 1955 and 1958, peaking in 1958 with a .281 average, 35 home runs - second in the league to Ernie Banks - 109 RBIs and a fourth-place finish in the NL MVP vote. A damaged nerve in the thumb of his right hand, already bothering him when Cincinnati acquired him before the 1959 season, cut his home runs from 35 to 12 that year; surgery followed and he topped 20 again. He hit 20 or more homers nine times. Over 1,766 games he batted .266 with 1,671 hits, 286 home runs and 962 RBIs, playing every infield and outfield position except shortstop. He was just as well known for blunt salary holdouts against Pirates general manager Branch Rickey, including a 17-day standoff in 1955.
Sources: Wikipedia (Frank Thomas (outfielder)) · Wikipedia (Frank Thomas (designated hitter)) · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 322 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 145 | 48 | 26 | 17 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 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 #7 card?
It is card #7 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Thomas of the New York Mets.
Is this the Hall of Fame Frank Thomas?
No. The Frank Thomas on #7 is Frank Joseph Thomas, born in 1929, an original New York Met - not the Frank Thomas who starred for the White Sox in the 1990s.
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.