1964 Topps #239 Herm Starrette
About Herm Starrette
Card 239 in Topps' third 1964 print series pictures Herm Starrette with the Baltimore Orioles, the club with which he had made his major-league debut the year before. He appeared in five games for Baltimore in 1964, going 1-0 with a 1.64 ERA over 11 relief innings. This is his rookie card.
Herman Paul Starrette pitched in the major leagues as a right-handed reliever for the Baltimore Orioles from 1963 through 1965, closing his three-season big-league line at 1-1 with a 2.54 ERA across 27 appearances and 46 innings, all in relief, after coming up through the Orioles' minor-league system beginning in 1958. His far longer career came afterward in the dugout: Starrette worked as a big-league pitching coach for 28 years across seven organizations, including the Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants (two stints), Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox. His most celebrated assignment came in Philadelphia, where he served as pitching coach for the 1980 Phillies, the franchise's first World Series championship team. He was not selected to an All-Star team as a player and is not a Hall of Fame inductee.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 193 | 1 | 19 | 95 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 #239 card?
It is card #239 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Herm Starrette of the Baltimore Orioles.
Is 1964 Topps #239 a rookie card?
Yes - #239 is the 1964 Topps rookie card of Herm Starrette.
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.