1962 Topps #433 Jim Archer
About Jim Archer
Card #433 belongs to the 1962 Topps set's fifth series; his rookie card came the year before. It lists him with the Kansas City Athletics for what became his second and last major league season. Archer pulled a leg muscle in spring training, and favoring it brought on tendinitis in his throwing arm. He made 18 appearances with a single start, going 0-1 with a 9.43 ERA in 27 2/3 innings, and was sent down to Portland in May before a brief recall. His last big league appearance came on September 19, 1962.
James William Archer was born May 25, 1932 in Max Meadows, Virginia. A left-hander signed by the New York Yankees, he made his first professional start in 1950, but two rough Class-D seasons left him 4-5 with an ERA above 7 before the Yankees cut him in early 1952. He rebuilt his arm in Kentucky semipro ball, turned down a Yankees offer to re-sign, and joined the Baltimore organization after an Army stint. Six minor league seasons with the Orioles beginning in 1955 made him a durable starter: he won at least 11 games every year from 1956 through 1960, cut a wild walk rate to under two per nine innings, and leaned on a curveball considered his best pitch. He reached AAA with the Miami Marlins in 1959 and 1960 without cracking Baltimore's plans. He was eating breakfast during winter ball in Puerto Rico in January 1961 when he learned he had been traded to Kansas City in a five-for-two deal that sent Whitey Herzog and Russ Snyder to the Orioles. Archer debuted that April at 28 and finished 9-16 with a 3.94 ERA in 57 games. He pitched one more minor league season in 1963. He later ran car dealerships in Tarpon Springs, Florida, served as a city commissioner there, and died September 9, 2019.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 350 | 0 | 24 | 165 | 127 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 26 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 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 #433 card?
It is card #433 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Archer of the Kansas City Athletics.
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.