1964 Topps #245 Dick Stigman
About Dick Stigman
Card 6 is a first-series League Leaders entry, the American League strikeout board for 1963, and Topps put Stigman on it with Minnesota teammate Camilo Pascual and Detroit's Jim Bunning on the strength of the 193 strikeouts he piled up that summer, the most of any season he pitched. His own card, number 245 in the third series, is a straight Minnesota Twins card. The 1964 season it covers went badly for pitcher and club alike: 29 of his 32 appearances were starts, he won only six of 21 decisions, his ERA climbed to 4.03, and the Twins slid into a tie for sixth place.
Richard Lewis Stigman, born January 24, 1936, in Nimrod, Minnesota, was a left-handed pitcher who spent seven major-league seasons with the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox between 1960 and 1966. Three days after he graduated from Sebeka High School in the spring of 1954, the Cleveland scout who had signed Bob Feller and Bob Lemon drove out to sign him, having watched the strapping teenager strike out 21 batters in a seven-inning perfect game. Stigman climbed the Indians' farm system behind a 17-9, 1.44 ERA season at Class D Vidalia in 1956, reached Cleveland in 1960 and was traded to his home-state Twins two years later. Minnesota got his best work, both as a starter and out of the bullpen, and he was on the roster when the Twins won the 1965 American League pennant. Over 235 big-league games he went 46-54 with a 4.03 ERA and 755 strikeouts. He became a Minneapolis-area businessman afterward, and a park in Nimrod called Stigman's Mound carries his name.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 268 | 3 | 38 | 141 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 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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Related cards
More Dick Stigman in this set: #6 League Leaders
Team card: #318 Minnesota Twins
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #2 1963 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #4 1963 American League Pitching Leaders
- #6 1963 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #8 1963 American League Batting Leaders
- #10 1963 American League Home Run Leaders
- #12 1963 American League R.B.I. Leaders
- #15 Zoilo Versalles
- #34 Jim Perry
- #54 Sam Mele
- #73 Jimmie Hall
- #81 All-Star Vets
- #90 Earl Battey
- #116 Twins 1964 Rookie Stars
- #156 Bill Dailey
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #245 card?
It is card #245 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Stigman of the Minnesota Twins.
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.