1964 Topps #569 Fred Newman
About Fred Newman
The card that follows Newman's first real look at the majors is number 569, a high number from the seventh series. The season behind it was a struggle. Newman opened 1963 back in Triple-A, came up to Los Angeles in July, and finished 1-5 with a 5.32 ERA in 12 appearances, eight of them starts, over 44 innings, striking out 16 and walking 15. His rookie card had come out the year before, in the 1963 set.
Frederick William Newman was a right-handed pitcher born in Boston on February 21, 1942. The Red Sox signed him out of nearby Brookline High School in 1960, then left the 18-year-old off their protected list that winter, and the expansion Los Angeles Angels took him with the 53rd pick of the December 1960 expansion draft. A 15-1, 1.85 season for Class C San Jose in 1962 pushed him to Triple-A and then to the Angels that September. A rough 1-5 trial in 1963 gave way to the two years that made him: 13-10 with a 2.75 ERA in 1964, then 14-16 with a 2.93 ERA and 260.2 innings in 1965, 27 wins and 17 complete games across the pair. Arm trouble arrived in 1966 and never left. He pitched three games in 1967, the last on August 5, spent that year and 1968 shuttling through the Angels' farm system, and retired. Six seasons, all with the Angels: 33-39, 3.41, 254 strikeouts in 610 innings. He went home to Brookline and became a firefighter. Newman died in Framingham, Massachusetts, on June 24, 1987, after an automobile accident in nearby Holliston. He was 45.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 250 | 5 | 35 | 107 | 57 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 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 #569 card?
It is card #569 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Fred Newman of the Los Angeles Angels.
Is 1964 Topps #569 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #523-587, distributed last. Scarcer than the rest of the set but only mildly so - the high premium runs roughly 55-60 percent, far milder than the 1952-62 highs.
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.