1963 Topps #448 Jack Kralick
About Jack Kralick
Card #448 sits in the sixth series, a semi-high number, and reports a 12-11, 3.86 season in 1962 that produced the first no-hitter in Twins history. On August 26 at Metropolitan Stadium he retired the first 25 Kansas City Athletics, his own seventh-inning sacrifice bunt setting up Lenny Green's sacrifice fly for the only run and Bob Allison leaping eight inches above the right-field fence to rob Ed Charles. A ninth-inning walk to pinch-hitter George Alusik ended the perfect game; the 1-0 win was his fifth career shutout.
John Francis Kralick, the left-hander known as "Jittery Jack" for the way he tugged at his hat and belt and wiped his hand on his shirt between pitches, worked nine major-league seasons from 1959 to 1967 for the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians. The White Sox took him off the Michigan State roster in 1954 and released him in 1958; Washington signed him next, and he debuted at Fenway Park on April 15, 1959. He was an original Minnesota Twin in 1961, and in August 1962 he threw a no-hitter that came within two outs of a perfect game. Cleveland gave up Jim Perry to get him in May 1963, and a year later he made the American League All-Star squad. A May 1967 car crash on Cleveland's Memorial Shoreway, hours after the Indians sold his contract to the Mets, left him with a concussion and double vision that had still not cleared the following spring, when he retired at 67-65, 3.56 in 235 games. He coached college summer ball in Alaska in the 1970s, then settled in the Mexican fishing village of San Blas, where he died in 2012.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 309 | 0 | 34 | 140 | 97 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 24 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 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.
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Team card: #162 Minnesota Twins
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- #89 Dick Stigman
- #110 Rich Rollins
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #448 card?
It is card #448 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jack Kralick of the Minnesota Twins.
Why is #448 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.