1964 Topps #2 1963 American League E.R.A. Leaders - Gary Peters / Juan Pizarro / Camilo Pascual
On this card: Gary Peters, Juan Pizarro, Camilo Pascual
About this card
Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset that opens the set: twelve cards recapping the 1963 leaders in six categories (E.R.A., pitching, strikeouts, batting, home runs and R.B.I.), the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
The story on this card
This card recaps the 1963 American League E.R.A. race. Gary Peters of the White Sox led the league at 2.33, going 19-8 in a season that also earned him the AL Rookie of the Year award. Juan Pizarro, Peters' own White Sox teammate, finished second at 2.39 while going 16-8. Camilo Pascual of the Twins placed third at 2.46 while winning 21 games, the most in his career. The card is #2 in the 1964 Topps set, part of the League Leaders subset. Peters and Pizarro both pitched for Chicago in 1963, while Pascual pitched for Minnesota, so the trio spans two American League rotations linked only by that year's ERA leaderboard.
Gary Peters - White Sox lefty who needed seven minor-league seasons and four short call-ups before an emergency start stuck in 1963, the year he led the AL in ERA and won Rookie of the Year; he later tied for the league lead in wins. Puerto Rican left-hander Juan Pizarro pitched 18 big-league seasons for eight clubs and won 131 games, twice an All-Star in his six years with the Chicago White Sox and a Hall of Famer in his own country. Camilo Pascual - Cuban right-hander whose overhand curveball, learned from Adolfo Luque, carried him from the worst Senators teams to three straight American League strikeout crowns and back-to-back 20-win seasons for the Minnesota Twins.
Sources: Wikipedia (Gary Peters) · Wikipedia (Juan Pizarro) · Wikipedia (Camilo Pascual) · SABR BioProject (Gary Peters) · SABR BioProject (Juan Pizarro) · SABR BioProject (Camilo Pascual) · Baseball Almanac (Juan Pizarro) · Baseball Almanac (Camilo Pascual)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 306 | 0 | 16 | 99 | 104 | 47 | 17 | 21 | 2 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Related cards
Team cards: #496 Chicago White Sox, #318 Minnesota Twins
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #13 Hoyt Wilhelm
- #31 Dave Nicholson
- #66 Eddie Fisher
- #81 All-Star Vets
- #85 Pete Ward
- #107 White Sox 1964 Rookie Stars
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #4 1963 American League Pitching Leaders
- #6 1963 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #8 1963 American League Batting Leaders
- #10 1963 American League Home Run Leaders
- #12 1963 American League R.B.I. Leaders
- #15 Zoilo Versalles
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #2 card?
It is card #2 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gary Peters, Juan Pizarro and Camilo Pascual. Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset that opens the set: twelve cards recapping the 1963 leaders in six categories (E.R.A., pitching, strikeouts, batting, home runs and R.B.I.), the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
How many cards are in the 1964 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 589 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 587 with no gaps, and no number carries two different cards; two cards - #4, the A.L. Pitching Leaders, and #517, the seventh-series checklist - carry a catalogued back variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-11.