1964 Topps #315 Bo Belinsky
About Bo Belinsky
Card #315 is a fourth-series issue, and the year behind it was the worst of his career. Belinsky arrived late to camp in 1963 citing an unspecified illness, then pitched his way to 1-7 with a 6.39 ERA before the Angels optioned him to Triple-A Hawaii in late May. He refused to go, sat out a seven-week suspension without pay, and finally reported to the Islanders on July 19, where he pitched well and drew record crowds. Recalled in September, he closed the year at 2-9 with a 5.75 ERA over 13 games, every one of them a start, and spent the offseason doing a seven-week lounge act at a Las Vegas club.
Robert "Bo" Belinsky signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in May 1956, quit his first minor-league club in midseason, and spent the next five seasons in the Baltimore chain, where he led the Double-A Southern Association in strikeouts at Little Rock in 1961; the expansion Los Angeles Angels took him in the Rule 5 draft that November. He won his first four major-league starts in 1962, capped by a 2-0 no-hitter over Baltimore on May 5 at Dodger Stadium - the first in Angels history and the first thrown in a West Coast game - and finished 10-11 with a 3.56 ERA. The left-hander never matched it, pitching for the Angels (1962-1964), Phillies (1965-1966), Astros (1967), Pirates (1969) and Reds (1970) and ending 28-51 with a 4.10 ERA and 476 strikeouts in 665 1/3 innings. A Trenton pool hustler who went by Bo, he was the country's best-known athlete-playboy 3 1/2 years before Joe Namath reached New York, dating Ann-Margret, Tina Louise and Connie Stevens and marrying Playboy Playmate Jo Collins. Alcohol and cocaine followed; he got sober, became a born-again Christian and counseled other addicts before dying in Las Vegas on November 23, 2001.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 243 | 2 | 44 | 125 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 #315 card?
It is card #315 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bo Belinsky of the Los Angeles Angels.
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.