1964 Topps #262 Cardinals Rookie Stars - Mike Shannon / Harry Fanok
On this card: Mike Shannon, Harry Fanok
About this card
This is one of the fifty-seven two-player Rookie Stars cards in the 1964 Topps set: fifty-three pair two prospects from one club, and the four league cards (#548, #564, #568 and #572) pair prospects from two clubs. Every one of them is a rookie card for at least one of its two players.
The story on this card
Shannon claimed the everyday right-field job in 1964 and helped the Cardinals overtake Philadelphia down the stretch to win the pennant. In Game One of the World Series against the Yankees he hit a game-tying two-run homer off Whitey Ford, a highlight of his 43-RBI season. Card #262, a recognized rookie card, is a multi-player Rookie Stars subset from series three, pairing him with fellow Cardinals farmhand Harry Fanok. A St. Louis native who patrolled right field and later third base for the Cardinals through three World Series before becoming the club's longtime radio voice.
Number 262 is a two-player Rookie Stars card from the third series, shared with fellow Cardinal Mike Shannon and catalogued as a rookie card in its own right. It reached packs after a loud finish to Fanok's 1963: on August 19 the International League All-Stars shut out the Yankees in Buffalo, and he struck out Yogi Berra, Hector Lopez and Joe Pepitone. A week later, five innings into a no-hitter for Atlanta, his arm went dead. He still made the St. Louis staff out of camp in 1964 but pitched only four times in relief, 7 2/3 innings in all, and never returned to the majors; with his control gone he dropped to Triple-A and then Class A. When the Cardinals won the World Series that October, they voted him a one-eighth share, without a ring. A switch-hitting New Jersey fireballer who won his first two Cardinals outings in 1963, then lost his natural delivery to his manager's tinkering and his shoulder on an August night in the minors.
Sources: Wikipedia (Mike Shannon) · Wikipedia (Harry Fanok) · SABR BioProject (Mike Shannon) · SABR BioProject (Harry Fanok) · Baseball Almanac (Harry Fanok)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 442 | 1 | 26 | 183 | 115 | 54 | 30 | 32 | 1 |
| SGC | 71 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 |
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 #262 card?
It is card #262 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mike Shannon and Harry Fanok. This is one of the fifty-seven two-player Rookie Stars cards in the 1964 Topps set: fifty-three pair two prospects from one club, and the four league cards (#548, #564, #568 and #572) pair prospects from two clubs. Every one of them is a rookie card for at least one of its two players.
Is 1964 Topps #262 a rookie card?
Yes - #262 is the rookie card of Mike Shannon. Harry Fanok had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.