1963 Topps #452 Barney Schultz
About Barney Schultz
Schultz opened 1963 back in the Cubs bullpen under Bob Kennedy, who ran the club for the whole season after two years of the rotating College of Coaches, and was 1-0 with two saves and a 3.62 ERA in 15 games when the club waived him and then dealt him to St. Louis for Leo Burke on June 24. Johnny Keane, his old minor-league manager and now the Cardinals' skipper, had pushed for the deal, and Schultz went 2-0 with a save and a 3.57 ERA in 24 relief outings for a club that finished second. Topps put him at #452 in its sixth series - a semi-high number - still wearing Cubs flannels.
George Warren "Barney" Schultz was a right-handed knuckleball specialist who signed with the Philadelphia Phillies out of Burlington City High School in New Jersey in 1944, then spent 11 years in the minors, arm trouble keeping him no higher than Class B for six of them. He did not reach the majors until age 28, debuting for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1955. Stints with the Cardinals, Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs followed before a June 1961 call-up stuck; 1962 was his first full major-league season. Traded back to St. Louis in June 1963, he had his career year in 1964: recalled from Triple-A Jacksonville at the end of July, he went 1-3 with 14 saves and a 1.64 ERA over the Cardinals' pennant drive, then pitched in four games of the World Series, including the Game Three loss on Mickey Mantle's walk-off home run. St. Louis won the Series in seven games. He closed a 227-game major-league career, all in relief, at 20-20 with 35 saves and a 3.63 ERA, pitched one more professional season at Tulsa in 1966, and went on to instruct pitchers in the Cardinals' farm system before serving as their major-league pitching coach from 1971 through 1975 and the Cubs' in 1977. He was elected to the South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 275 | 1 | 15 | 158 | 79 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #452 card?
It is card #452 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Barney Schultz of the Chicago Cubs.
Why is #452 harder to find?
It is a semi-high card from the sixth print series, #447-511 - the run where the set's short prints sit. Scarcer than series 1-5, easier than series 7.
How many cards are in the 1963 Topps Baseball set?
576 cards, tracked as 583 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 576 with no gaps and no number used twice, and seven cards carry a catalogued print variation - three checklists, the two Rookie Stars cards also printed with a "1962" heading, and the #341 Jack Baldschun and #454 Art Fowler print states - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: 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.