1962 Topps #448 Joe Gibbon
About Joe Gibbon
Card #448 in the 1962 Topps sixth series carries the best year of Gibbon's career: 1961, when he made 29 starts in 30 games for Pittsburgh and went 13-10 with a 3.32 ERA. Wins, starts, complete games (seven), shutouts (three), strikeouts (145) and innings (195 1/3) were all personal highs he would never approach again. He might have had a few more wins if Roy Face's forkball had been the weapon in 1961 that it was in 1959 and 1960. This is the card of Gibbon the workhorse starter, a year removed from the championship and still only 26.
Joseph Charles Gibbon (1935-2019), a 6-foot-4 left-hander from Hickory, Mississippi, was a two-sport star at Ole Miss, an All-America basketball forward who averaged 30 points a game as a senior and was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1957 before choosing baseball. He signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates that year, led the International League with 152 strikeouts for Triple-A Columbus in 1959, and debuted on April 17, 1960, winning a World Series ring as a rookie. His best season came in 1961: 13-10 with a 3.32 ERA in 29 starts. On December 1, 1965, Pittsburgh sent him and Ozzie Virgil to San Francisco for Matty Alou, and manager Herman Franks turned him into a bullpen man; a June 1969 trade for Ron Kline returned him to Pittsburgh for two more seasons. Over 13 seasons with the Pirates, Giants, Reds and Astros he went 61-65 with a 3.52 ERA, 743 strikeouts and 32 saves. Danny Murtaugh hung the ironic nickname "Gabby" on the quiet Mississippian. Gibbon later coached baseball at Clarke College in Newton, Mississippi, and was inducted into the Mississippi Sports 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 | 233 | 0 | 13 | 101 | 84 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 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 #448 card?
It is card #448 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Gibbon of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.