1964 Topps #96 Bob Buhl
About Bob Buhl
The 1964 card, #96 in the first series, reports an 11-14 record with a 3.38 ERA over 226 innings in 1963, the heaviest workload he had yet carried for Chicago. He started 34 of his 37 games as the third man in a rotation behind Dick Ellsworth (22-10) and Larry Jackson. The Cubs went 82-80 and finished seventh, their first winning season since 1946, and the losing record beside Buhl's name sat oddly on a staff that ranked second in the league in earned run average.
Bob Buhl signed with the Chicago White Sox out of a 1946 tryout camp in his hometown of Saginaw, Michigan, but Commissioner Happy Chandler granted him free agency in February 1948 because the deal came before he had graduated from high school, and he signed with the Boston Braves organization instead. Army paratrooper duty in 1951-52 delayed him further; he debuted on April 17, 1953. Over fifteen seasons he went 166-132 with a 3.55 ERA in 2,587 innings for the Braves (1953-1962), Chicago Cubs (1962-1966) and Philadelphia Phillies (1966-1967). He won 18 games in 1956 and 18 again in 1957, when his .720 winning percentage led the National League and Milwaukee won the only World Series title of its Braves era. He earned the nickname Dodger Killer by beating Brooklyn in five straight starts in 1956. At the plate he was hopeless: no home runs in 857 career at-bats and a .089 average. He settled in Mio, Michigan, coached high school ball at Hillman in the 1970s, and died in Titusville, Florida on February 16, 2001.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 291 | 2 | 14 | 113 | 111 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 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 #96 card?
It is card #96 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Buhl of the Chicago Cubs.
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.