1962 Topps #291 Hal Stowe
About Hal Stowe
Card #291 in Topps' 1962 set, issued in the fourth print series, is recognized as Stowe's rookie card, the only card he has in Topps' 1961-69 run. It pictures him with the Yankees, the club that had optioned him to the Richmond Virginians of the International League in 1961 and sent him down to Amarillo during that season before he returned to Richmond for 1962. Casey Stengel came away impressed by the lone big league inning Stowe threw in 1960, but Ralph Houk took over New York for 1961, Stowe never pitched in the majors again, and that single inning against Boston stayed his entire big league record.
Harold Rudolph Stowe, a left-handed pitcher, was born August 29, 1937, in Gastonia, North Carolina. He starred at Clemson, setting single-season school records as a junior in 1958 with 14 wins and 126 strikeouts, both the most in college baseball that season, and he left Clemson with a 24-13 record and a 2.32 ERA. Used as a stopper in 1959, he pitched for the Tigers in the College World Series and made the All-Tournament Team. Days after that College World Series ended, the Yankees signed him as an amateur free agent for a bonus reported above $20,000. He worked his way through Greensboro, Fargo-Moorhead, and the Amarillo Gold Sox, going 15-3 with a 3.43 ERA at Amarillo in 1960, and was called up to make his only major league appearance on September 30, 1960, pitching one inning against the Boston Red Sox and giving up a run. He spent 1961 through 1963 mostly with the Richmond Virginians of the International League, was released by the Yankees in 1964, and finished his career with the Minnesota Twins affiliate in Charlotte, where he once earned a win without throwing a pitch after picking a runner off base. Stowe later ran his family restaurant in Gastonia and was inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 250 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 100 | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 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 #291 card?
It is card #291 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hal Stowe of the New York Yankees.
Is 1962 Topps #291 a rookie card?
Yes - #291 is the 1962 Topps rookie card of Hal Stowe.
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.