1964 Topps #357 Charley James
The card front prints his first name as "Charley," the spelling most of his cards and the newspapers used; he signed autographs "Charlie."
Uncorrected error: The front prints his name as "Charley"; his name was Charlie James.
About Charley James
The 1964 Topps card, #357, is a fourth-series card, and it prints his first name as "Charley," the spelling the newspapers and most of his cards used even though he signed autographs "Charlie." He opened the season as the Cardinals' regular left fielder and made 40 starts there, but on June 15 St. Louis landed Lou Brock from the Chicago Cubs, Brock seized the position, and James finished the year as a spare right fielder and pinch hitter with a .223 average. He went hitless in three pinch-hit at-bats in the World Series, which the Cardinals won from the Yankees in seven games.
Charles Wesley James was born December 22, 1937, in St. Louis, grew up in the suburb of Rock Hill, and graduated from Webster Groves High School. A football scholarship took him to the University of Missouri, where he was a halfback letterman in 1956 and 1957 and set a Mizzou record for pass receptions by a backfield player that stood 36 years. On January 6, 1958, Cardinals general manager Bing Devine signed him for a reported $15,000 bonus, costing him his senior college baseball season; James enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis to finish an electrical engineering degree. He was Texas League Rookie of the Year at Double-A Houston in 1958 and an International League All-Star at Triple-A Rochester in 1959, and debuted for St. Louis on August 2, 1960. A right-handed outfielder listed at 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, he batted .255 with 358 hits, 29 home runs and 172 runs batted in over 510 games and six seasons, and won a World Series ring in 1964. St. Louis writers dubbed him Chop-Down Charley for chopping at pitches to make contact rather than waiting on walks; he drew only 48 in his career. He later served as president of Central Electric Company in Fulton, Missouri, retiring in 1998.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 288 | 2 | 53 | 144 | 53 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 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 #357 card?
It is card #357 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Charley James of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Does 1964 Topps #357 have an error?
The front prints his name as "Charley"; his name was Charlie James. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #357 reads the same way.
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.