1962 Topps #460 Jim Bunning
About Jim Bunning
Bunning turns up three times in the 1962 set: the American League win leaders card #57, the strikeout leaders card #59, and his sixth-series base card #460. All three report 1961, when he went 17-11 with a 3.19 ERA and 194 strikeouts over 268 innings and was again an All-Star. Detroit won 101 games that season and still finished second to the Yankees. Look closely at #59 - Juan Pizarro's name is spelled Pizzaro on the front.
James Paul David Bunning signed with the Detroit Tigers in 1950 out of his freshman year at Xavier University, finished an economics degree there in three and a half years while grinding through the farm system, and made his major league debut in July 1955. A rangy right-hander with a wicked slider, he led the American League in wins and innings in 1957, his first full season, and no-hit the Boston Red Sox on July 20, 1958. He led his league in strikeouts three times, with 201 in both 1959 and 1960 and 253 in 1967. Traded to the Philadelphia Phillies after the 1963 season, Bunning threw a perfect game against the New York Mets on Father's Day, June 21, 1964, the first by a National League pitcher since 1880. He later pitched for the Pirates and Dodgers before a second Phillies stint. A nine-time All-Star and an early leader of the players union who helped bring in Marvin Miller, he retired in 1971 with 224 wins and 2,855 strikeouts, then second only to Walter Johnson. Kentucky elected him to the state Senate, the US House and the US Senate, making him the only major leaguer sent to both the Senate and Cooperstown. The Veterans Committee voted him into the Hall of Fame in 1996; he died in 2017.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 385 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 128 | 79 | 58 | 34 | 1 |
| SGC | 67 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 2 |
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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Related cards
More Jim Bunning in this set: #57 League Leaders, #59 League Leaders
Team card: #24 Detroit Tigers Team
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- #62 Steve Boros
- #72 Bob's Pupils
- #87 Mike Roarke
- #92 Sam Jones
- #105 Don Mossi
- #114 Howie Koplitz
- #150 Al Kaline
- #173 Chico Fernandez
- #196 Terry Fox
- #216 Ron Kline
- #250 Norm Cash
- #261 George Alusik
- #299 Don Wert
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #460 card?
It is card #460 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers.
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.