1962 Topps #61 St. Louis Cardinals Team
Hall of Famers on the 1961 St. Louis Cardinals roster: Bob Gibson, Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst.
About this card
This is one of the eighteen team cards in the set. Neither 1962 expansion club, the New York Mets or the Houston Colt .45s, has one.
The story on this card
Card 61 in the 1962 Topps set is the St. Louis Cardinals team card, first series, and it reports on 1961. The Cardinals went 80-74, fifth in the National League, thirteen games behind pennant-winning Cincinnati. Solly Hemus was fired on July 6 at 33-41; Johnny Keane took over and went 47-33. Three future Hall of Famers were on that roster: right-hander Bob Gibson, a full-time starter from that same July, left fielder Stan Musial at .288 with 15 homers, and Red Schoendienst, signed as a free agent in March for a second St. Louis tour and good for .300 in 72 games. Ken Boyer hit .329 and won a Gold Glove at third, first baseman Bill White another. Busch Stadium I hosted the last National League season before the 162-game schedule arrived.
Sources: Wikipedia (1961 St. Louis Cardinals season) · Wikipedia (Bob Gibson) · Wikipedia (Red Schoendienst)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 361 | 0 | 13 | 139 | 127 | 49 | 16 | 12 | 5 |
| SGC | 27 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 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 #61 card?
It is card #61 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing the St. Louis Cardinals. This is one of the eighteen team cards in the set. Neither 1962 expansion club, the New York Mets or the Houston Colt .45s, has one.
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.