1962 Topps #576 Russ Kemmerer
About Russ Kemmerer
Card #576 is a short-printed high number from the seventh and final series of the 1962 Topps set, and the last Topps card to picture Kemmerer with the White Sox. Chicago kept him strictly in relief that year; after 20 games, 28 innings and a 3.86 ERA he was traded in late June to the expansion Houston Colt .45s for left-hander Dean Stone. The two had been swapped for each other once before, in 1957, when Boston sent Kemmerer to Washington and got Stone in return. The National League half of the season went better: 36 games, a 5-3 record and a 4.10 ERA over 68 innings for a first-year club that lost 96.
Russell Paul Kemmerer was a right-handed pitcher from Pittsburgh who spent nine seasons in the majors between 1954 and 1963. A four-sport letterman at Peabody High School, he signed with the Red Sox in June 1950 for a $3,000 bonus after a year at the University of Pittsburgh. He reached Boston in June 1954, and in his first big-league start, on July 18 at Fenway Park, he one-hit the Baltimore Orioles in a 4-0 win. Boston traded him to Washington in April 1957; the equivalent of three seasons in a last-place rotation left him 21-45 there. Washington sold him to the White Sox in May 1960 for a reported $30,000, and Chicago used him first as a swingman and then out of the bullpen before he closed out with the expansion Houston Colt .45s. He called his sinking fastball his best pitch and used a forkball as a changeup, finishing 43-59 with a 4.46 ERA in 302 games and 1,066 2/3 innings. Afterward he pastored small Indiana churches, coached pitchers at Indiana University, and taught English and coached for 21 years at Lawrence Central High School near Indianapolis. He died on December 8, 2014, at 84.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 279 | 0 | 9 | 122 | 90 | 36 | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 39 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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 #576 card?
It is card #576 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Russ Kemmerer of the Chicago White Sox.
Why is #576 harder to find?
It is a high number card (cards 523-598) from the seventh print series, distributed last and in the smallest quantity - the toughest cards in the set and home to all 42 short prints and the Rookie Parade. It is also a short print card (42 cards, all in 523-598). Printed in smaller quantity than the rest of the seventh series.
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.