1962 Topps #461 Ken Hubbs
About Ken Hubbs
Card #461 is the recognized Ken Hubbs rookie card, a sixth-series number. Behind it sits the season that made him famous: the errorless streak ran from June 12 to September 5 and wiped out Bobby Doerr's records at second base, while Wrigley Field took up the chant of "No Flubs for Cubs Hubbs." His 661 at-bats broke Billy Herman's 1932 mark and still stand as the Cubs rookie record. He also led the National League with 129 strikeouts.
Kenneth Douglass Hubbs was born December 23, 1941, in Riverside, California, and grew up in Colton, the second oldest of five brothers. At Colton High School he was a national All-American in both football and basketball, and he turned down college offers to sign with the Chicago Cubs in 1959 for a $50,000 bonus. He came up as a shortstop, but with Ernie Banks holding that job, coach Bobby Adams drilled him at second base in 1961, and Hubbs debuted with Chicago that September. In 1962 he played 160 games, batted .260 with 5 home runs and 49 runs batted in, and led all National League rookies in hits, doubles, triples, runs and average, while setting major league records with 78 straight errorless games and 418 consecutive chances handled cleanly at second base. He became the first rookie ever to win a Gold Glove, and he took the National League Rookie of the Year award with 19 of the 20 votes. Teammates and Cubs officials were still calling him a future star at the position when the 1963 season ended. Hubbs, who took up flying to beat a fear of it and earned his pilot's license in January 1964, died February 13, 1964, at 22 when his Cessna 172 went down in Utah Lake near Provo, Utah.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 603 | 0 | 22 | 157 | 205 | 121 | 58 | 40 | 0 |
| SGC | 81 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 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 #461 card?
It is card #461 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Hubbs of the Chicago Cubs.
Is 1962 Topps #461 a rookie card?
Yes - #461 is the 1962 Topps rookie card of Ken Hubbs.
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.