1962 Topps #164 Hal Naragon
About Hal Naragon
Number 164 belongs to the second series of 1962 Topps, and it comes two ways, with the green tint and without, so a complete run at this one means chasing both states. The season it covers was the end: 24 games, 35 at-bats, eight hits, a .229 average, nine games behind the plate without an error, and a last appearance on August 5. The Twins released him on October 19, closing a ten-year career spent entirely in the American League, and this is his final card in Topps' run through the 1960s.
Harold Richard Naragon was born October 1, 1928, in Zanesville, Ohio, and moved to Barberton in the seventh grade when his family followed wartime work near Akron. He batted .444 as a senior for the Barberton Magics and signed with Cleveland in the spring of 1947, the year after Bill Veeck shook his father's hand on a promise at an open tryout. A left-handed hitting, right-handed throwing catcher with a strong arm and sure hands, he debuted for the Indians in September 1951, was drafted into the Marines and stationed at Quantico, and returned in 1954 to a 111-win pennant winner, catching one inning of Game Three before the Giants completed their sweep. His best year at the plate was 1955: .323 in 57 games. Cleveland traded him with Hal Woodeshick to Washington for Ed Fitz Gerald on May 25, 1959, and he moved with the franchise to Minnesota. Ten seasons left him a .266 hitter with 262 hits in 424 games. He coached the Twins bullpen, followed pitching coach Johnny Sain to Detroit, and shared the Tigers' 1968 world championship. He ran Barberton's only sporting goods store from 1974 to 1990 and died there August 31, 2019, at 90.
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Print variations
Two states of #164 are tracked individually: 164a - No Green Tint and 164b - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 164a - No Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 181 | 0 | 8 | 76 | 66 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 164b - Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 61 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 #164 card?
It is card #164 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hal Naragon of the Minnesota Twins.
Does 1962 Topps #164 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked separately: 164a - No Green Tint (No green tint - the standard first printing) and 164b - Green Tint (Green tint - the color-shifted second printing of series 2). Owning any one of them fills the #164 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.