1963 Topps #118 Sherm Lollar
About Sherm Lollar
The 1963 set gives Lollar card #118 in its second series, issued during what proved to be his final major league season. By then he was the third catcher on a very good Chicago club: J.C. Martin opened the year behind the plate, Cam Carreon worked 101 games, and Lollar got into only 35, batting .233 with 17 hits, 4 doubles, no home runs and 6 RBIs in 73 at-bats. His last big-league appearance came on September 7, about two weeks after his 39th birthday. The Sox went 94-68 and finished second, 10 1/2 games behind New York; Chicago released him on October 4, and Baltimore hired him as a bullpen coach in November.
John Sherman Lollar Jr. (1924-1977) was a right-handed-hitting catcher who spent 18 seasons in the major leagues, debuting with the Cleveland Indians in 1946 before stops with the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns, then settling in with the Chicago White Sox from 1952 through 1963. Chicago got him from the Browns in an eight-player deal in November 1951, and under manager Paul Richards he grew into the American League's steadiest receiver: seven All-Star selections beginning in 1950, the first Gold Glove ever awarded to a catcher in 1957, and repeat Gold Gloves in 1958 and 1959. He anchored the staff of the 1959 pennant winners, hit a career-high 22 home runs, and in the World Series collected five hits and five runs batted in, including a three-run homer off Roger Craig in Game Four, as the Los Angeles Dodgers took the series in six games. A workhorse behind the plate, Lollar threw out better than 46 percent of would-be base stealers and retired holding the highest career fielding percentage, .992, of any major league catcher to that point. He won a ring as a Yankees reserve in 1947 and another coaching for the 1966 Orioles, later coached Oakland and managed in the minors, and died of cancer in Springfield, Missouri, at 53.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 235 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 98 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #118 card?
It is card #118 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sherm Lollar of the Chicago White Sox.
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.
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