1962 Topps #222 Jerry Zimmerman
About Jerry Zimmerman
Card #222 lands in the third series of 1962 Topps, a plain mid-series number. It catches Zimmerman at the start of his Minnesota run. Cincinnati traded him to the Twins on January 30, 1962 for reserve outfielder Dan Dobbek, and he spent the season parked behind Earl Battey, who made the All-Star team that summer. Zimmerman got into only 34 games, but he made his 62 at-bats count: the .274 he hit in 1962 stands as the highest single-season average of his eight-year career.
Gerald Robert Zimmerman was a catcher who played eight major league seasons for the Cincinnati Reds and Minnesota Twins between 1961 and 1968. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, on September 21, 1934 and raised in Milwaukie, Oregon, he signed with the Boston Red Sox in June 1952 for a reported $80,000 bonus and spent eight years in their farm system, reaching Triple-A Minneapolis in 1958 under player-manager Gene Mauch and catching the Millers to the American Association and Junior World Series titles. Released by the Red Sox and then the Orioles in 1959, he signed with Cincinnati and reached the majors at 26 in 1961, working more games behind the plate than any other Reds catcher during their pennant-winning season. Traded to Minnesota in January 1962 for outfielder Dan Dobbek, he spent seven seasons as a backup valued for his glove and his easy clubhouse presence rather than his bat, finishing at .204 with three home runs in 483 games. He later coached for Mauch in Montreal and Minnesota through 1980, scouted for the Yankees and Orioles, and umpired an inning of a major league game during the 1978 umpires' strike. He died in Neskowin, Oregon, in 1998.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 233 | 0 | 8 | 99 | 95 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 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. 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 #222 card?
It is card #222 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jerry Zimmerman of the Minnesota Twins.
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.
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