1963 Topps #389 Frank Sullivan
About Frank Sullivan
Card #389 sits in the fifth series of 1963 Topps, a mid-set number, and it is the last of his three cards in Topps' 1960s run, the only one that puts him with Minnesota. The season behind it barely happened. Used strictly in relief, he worked 10 games and 11 innings, going 0-1 with one save and a 5.73 ERA, and made his last big-league appearance on June 12 before the Twins let him go. Ten years after his Fenway debut he was out of baseball at 33, and spent the rest of that summer working for a sailboat builder in Maine.
Frank Sullivan, born Franklin Leal Sullivan on January 23, 1930, in Hollywood, California, grew up in nearby Burbank, where he starred in baseball and basketball at Burbank High. Baseball writers called him the Boston Skyscraper: he was one of the tallest pitchers of his era, and he said the height was a big advantage because he usually came in sidearm. Signed by the Red Sox in 1948, he lost two years to Army service in the Korean War, including four and a half months on the front line that earned him the Combat Infantryman Badge. He reached Boston in July 1953 and became the staff workhorse, winning in double figures five straight seasons from 1954 through 1958 and making the American League All-Star team in 1955 and 1956. His best year was 1955, when he tied for the league lead with 18 wins and topped it in innings pitched and games started. Boston traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gene Conley in December 1960, and he closed an eleven-season career in relief with the Minnesota Twins in 1963, finishing 97-100 with a 3.60 ERA and 959 strikeouts. He settled on Kauai, was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2008, and died in Lihue, Hawaii, in January 2016.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 287 | 2 | 22 | 165 | 78 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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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Related cards
Team card: #162 Minnesota Twins
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- #8 1962 American League Pitching Leaders
- #10 1962 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #26 Ray Moore
- #40 Vic Power
- #75 Bob Allison
- #89 Dick Stigman
- #110 Rich Rollins
- #127 Bill Tuttle
- #165 Jim Kaat
- #186 Jerry Zimmerman
- #198 Lenny Green
- #220 Camilo Pascual
- #228 1963 Rookie Stars
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #389 card?
It is card #389 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Sullivan of the Minnesota Twins.
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.