1964 Topps #338 Jack Kralick
About Jack Kralick
Card #338, a fourth-series card, is the first to show Kralick as an Indian: Cleveland sent Jim Perry to Minnesota for him on May 2, 1963, the day after both pitchers had been shelled. The season behind the card was split between the two clubs, 14-13 and 3.03 overall, 13-9 and 2.92 after the deal. He went 8-1 with a 1.75 ERA over his first 10 Cleveland starts, among them a two-hit shutout of the Yankees on June 2 and a five-hit blanking of the Senators on the 17th.
John Francis Kralick, the left-hander known as "Jittery Jack" for the way he tugged at his hat and belt and wiped his hand on his shirt between pitches, worked nine major-league seasons from 1959 to 1967 for the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians. The White Sox took him off the Michigan State roster in 1954 and released him in 1958; Washington signed him next, and he debuted at Fenway Park on April 15, 1959. He was an original Minnesota Twin in 1961, and in August 1962 he threw a no-hitter that came within two outs of a perfect game. Cleveland gave up Jim Perry to get him in May 1963, and a year later he made the American League All-Star squad. A May 1967 car crash on Cleveland's Memorial Shoreway, hours after the Indians sold his contract to the Mets, left him with a concussion and double vision that had still not cleared the following spring, when he retired at 67-65, 3.56 in 235 games. He coached college summer ball in Alaska in the 1970s, then settled in the Mexican fishing village of San Blas, where he died in 2012.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 262 | 3 | 41 | 141 | 52 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 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 #338 card?
It is card #338 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jack Kralick of the Cleveland Indians.
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.