1964 Topps #484 Bill Pleis
About Bill Pleis
The 1964 card is #484, a sixth-series number. It pictures Pleis with the Minnesota Twins during the busiest year of his career: 47 appearances, more than in any other season, with a 4-1 record, four saves and a 3.91 ERA. Midsummer brought a rare bit of recognition for a bullpen lefty - Pleis was picked to throw batting practice before the All-Star Game at Shea Stadium in New York, the first of two straight summers he drew that assignment.
William Pleis III was born August 5, 1937, in St. Louis and signed out of Kirkwood High School in 1955 after a late-August tryout camp. Five seasons of minor-league drift followed - Class D Orlando, Triple-A Louisville, stops at Lafayette, Twin Falls, Allentown and Memphis, a summer carrying hod for his uncle's construction company after he refused a demotion, and six months on the military service list - before the left-hander stuck with the Minnesota Twins out of their first spring training. He debuted April 16, 1961, and on April 22 was the winning pitcher in the franchise's first victory at Metropolitan Stadium. A reliever in all but ten of his 190 big-league games, all of them for Minnesota, Pleis finished 21-16 with a 4.07 ERA, 184 strikeouts, 13 saves and one complete game. The Twins traded him to Washington in February 1967 for infielder Ken Hamlin, then bought his contract back that September so he could qualify for his pension. He scouted for nearly 40 years, joining the Houston Astros in 1969 and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1976, and retired in 2006. He died October 17, 2025, at 88.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 216 | 4 | 30 | 110 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 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 #484 card?
It is card #484 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Pleis of the Minnesota Twins.
Why is #484 harder to find?
It is a series 5-6 card. Cards from the fifth and sixth print series (#371-522) are a step tougher to find than #1-370; availability in 1964 runs in three tiers, not a cliff.
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.