1964 Topps #156 Bill Dailey
About Bill Dailey
The second-series card of 1964, #156, is a plain Minnesota Twins issue. It is also the only Topps card that lists him with the Twins. A rotator cuff injury wrecked the season behind it: 14 outings, 15 1/3 innings, a 1-2 record and an 8.22 ERA, with his final major-league appearance coming in early June. After consulting several doctors he concluded that no surgery would bring the shoulder back, and he left the game at 29. So #156 is his second and last card in the Topps run of the sixties.
William Garland Dailey (1935-2025) was a right-handed reliever out of Arlington, Virginia, who signed with Cleveland as an amateur free agent in 1953, straight out of Washington-Lee High School. Used mostly as a starter in the minors, he spent almost nine years grinding through Sherbrooke, Fargo-Moorhead, Keokuk, Mobile, San Diego, Sacramento and Salt Lake City before the Indians recalled him, and he debuted on August 17, 1961, at 26. The 6-foot-3 right-hander never did start a big-league game. Cleveland sold him to the Minnesota Twins on April 8, 1963, and he was the Twins' closer almost immediately. A rotator cuff injury in 1964 ended it just as fast: after consulting several doctors he concluded he would not pitch again, with or without surgery, and he walked away at 29. His four seasons add up to 119 games, all in relief, a 10-7 record, 22 saves, 109 strikeouts and a 2.76 ERA in 185 2/3 innings. He died in Bedford, Virginia, on January 11, 2025, at 89.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 272 | 2 | 33 | 145 | 65 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #156 card?
It is card #156 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Dailey of the Minnesota Twins.
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.