1963 Topps #194 Joe Nuxhall
About Joe Nuxhall
Card 194 in the second series catches Nuxhall back home after a year of drift. Released by Kansas City in December 1961, he signed with Baltimore, was purchased by the Los Angeles Angels the day before the 1962 opener, and was cut in May after five ragged outings. Cincinnati took him back and sent him to its San Diego farm club, where he went 9-2, got his temper and his windup under control, and earned a midseason recall. He closed out 1962 at 5-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 12 games and 66 innings for the Reds.
Joseph Henry Nuxhall, a left-handed pitcher born in Hamilton, Ohio on July 30, 1928, holds a distinction unmatched in Major League Baseball history: at 15 years, 316 days old, he became the youngest player ever to appear in a big-league game, called up by the wartime Cincinnati Reds in 1944 straight from pitching against seventh-, eighth- and ninth-graders. That single rocky relief outing against the Cardinals was his only big-league work for eight years; he came up slowly through the Reds' farm system and even went back to Hamilton High School for his diploma before sticking in Cincinnati in 1952 at age 23. Over a 16-season career spent mostly with the Reds, with stops in Kansas City and Los Angeles, Nuxhall went 135-117 with a 3.90 ERA and 1,372 strikeouts, was an All-Star in 1955 and 1956, and led the National League in shutouts in 1955. Cooperstown never called; the Reds elected him to their own Hall of Fame in 1968. He announced his retirement as a player in April 1967 and moved straight to the club's radio booth, where he spent the next four decades. He died in 2007.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 261 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 99 | 56 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 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: #63 Cincinnati Reds
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #194 card?
It is card #194 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.