1962 Topps #514 Sherm Lollar
About Sherm Lollar
Number 514 puts Lollar in the sixth series of the 1962 set, and the season it covers was his last as Chicago's number one catcher. He caught Juan Pizarro on Opening Day, but on June 20 a pitch from Minnesota's Ted Sadowski fractured his thumb and cost him five weeks; he did not return until July 25. The finished line read 84 games, a .268 average with 59 hits, 12 doubles, 2 home runs and 26 RBIs, and 32 walks against 23 strikeouts, more walks than whiffs once again, as in every season since he became an everyday player. Cam Carreon absorbed the bulk of the work with 106 games as the Sox went 85-77 and placed fifth.
John Sherman Lollar Jr. (1924-1977) was a right-handed-hitting catcher who spent 18 seasons in the major leagues, debuting with the Cleveland Indians in 1946 before stops with the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns, then settling in with the Chicago White Sox from 1952 through 1963. Chicago got him from the Browns in an eight-player deal in November 1951, and under manager Paul Richards he grew into the American League's steadiest receiver: seven All-Star selections beginning in 1950, the first Gold Glove ever awarded to a catcher in 1957, and repeat Gold Gloves in 1958 and 1959. He anchored the staff of the 1959 pennant winners, hit a career-high 22 home runs, and in the World Series collected five hits and five runs batted in, including a three-run homer off Roger Craig in Game Four, as the Los Angeles Dodgers took the series in six games. A workhorse behind the plate, Lollar threw out better than 46 percent of would-be base stealers and retired holding the highest career fielding percentage, .992, of any major league catcher to that point. He won a ring as a Yankees reserve in 1947 and another coaching for the 1966 Orioles, later coached Oakland and managed in the minors, and died of cancer in Springfield, Missouri, at 53.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 236 | 0 | 7 | 64 | 100 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 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 #514 card?
It is card #514 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sherm Lollar of the Chicago White Sox.
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.
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