1962 Topps #186 Mack Jones
About Mack Jones
Called up in mid-July 1961, Jones opened with four hits at St. Louis, the first of them a leadoff single off Bob Gibson, to tie a modern National League record for a debut, and finished the year batting .231 with 12 RBI in 28 games for Milwaukee. Card #186 is his series-2 rookie card, and it comes two ways: 186a with no green tint, and the green-tinted 186b out of the extra second-series run that a different printer turned out with the color off.
Mack Jones was signed by the Milwaukee Braves in 1958 out of Atlanta amateur ball, and the left-handed-hitting, right-throwing outfielder reached the majors on July 13, 1961 at age 22, tying a modern National League record with four hits in his first game. He played for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves (1961-1967), the Cincinnati Reds (1968) and the Montreal Expos (1969-1971), mostly in center field and later in left. A .317, 39-homer season at Triple-A Syracuse in 1964 brought him back to a career-high 31 home runs in 1965. Taken by Montreal in the October 1968 expansion draft, he was an immediate favorite there, hitting the first home run struck in a major-league regular-season game in Canada and lending his name to the left-field bleachers at Jarry Park that fans called Jonesville. Nicknamed Mack the Knife after the 1959 Bobby Darin hit, he closed ten major-league seasons at .252 with 133 home runs and 415 RBI, and was inducted into the International League Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Print variations
Two states of #186 are tracked individually: 186a - No Green Tint and 186b - Green Tint. The difference is on the front of the card (green tint).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 186a - No Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 206 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 82 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 186b - Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 57 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation. 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 #186 card?
It is card #186 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mack Jones of the Milwaukee Braves.
Is 1962 Topps #186 a rookie card?
Yes - #186 is the 1962 Topps rookie card of Mack Jones.
Does 1962 Topps #186 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked separately: 186a - No Green Tint (No green tint - the standard first printing) and 186b - Green Tint (Green tint - the color-shifted second printing of series 2). Owning any one of them fills the #186 slot; the master set counts each state.
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.