1962 Topps #266 John Anderson
About John Anderson
Card #266 in Topps' third series pictures Anderson with the St. Louis Cardinals, who had taken him in the Rule 5 draft in November 1961 after the back half of 1960 and all of 1961 in the Triple-A International League. The card back credits him with sharp control and ten minor league seasons, and this is indeed his rookie card - a plain third-series number. Wearing number 35, he earned his only career save for St. Louis, allowing one run over five relief outings. On May 7, 1962, the Cardinals sent him and outfielder Carl Warwick to the expansion Houston Colt .45s for veteran left-hander Bobby Shantz.
John Charles Anderson was a right-handed pitcher born November 23, 1929 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in April 1952. He won 18 games in his second pro season, 1953, with Terre Haute of the Class B Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League, and the New York Giants drafted him away that winter only to return him to the Phillies in 1954. Philadelphia did not call him up until August 1958, when he was 28 and a seven-year minor league veteran; he debuted with a scoreless relief inning at Milwaukee on August 17 and made his only big league start a week later at Wrigley Field. He pitched four more times for Baltimore in the early weeks of 1960, then spent the rest of that season and all of 1961 in the Triple-A International League before St. Louis took him in the Rule 5 draft in November 1961. His professional career stretched sixteen seasons and 472 games, from 1952 to 1967, almost all of it in the minors. In 24 big league games he was credited with one save, no decisions, 19 strikeouts and a 6.45 earned run average. He died in Houston, Texas on December 20, 1998, at age 69.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 177 | 0 | 10 | 76 | 67 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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 #266 card?
It is card #266 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing John Anderson of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Is 1962 Topps #266 a rookie card?
Yes - #266 is the 1962 Topps rookie card of John Anderson.
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.