1964 Topps #71 Jack Spring
About Jack Spring
The 1964 season scattered Spring across three clubs. Six appearances into the year the Angels sent him to the Chicago Cubs, and on June 15 the Cubs packaged him with Lou Brock and Paul Toth to St. Louis for Ernie Broglio, Bobby Shantz and Doug Clemens -- the deal that became shorthand for a lopsided trade. Spring pitched twice for the Cardinals, refused a minor-league assignment and was gone before their World Series title that fall. His 1964 Topps card, #71 in the first series, still pictures him with the Los Angeles Angels.
Jack Russell Spring was born March 11, 1933, in Spokane, Washington, and was raised largely by his grandparents after his mother died of tuberculosis when he was a toddler. A lean left-hander out of Lewis and Clark High School, he attended Gonzaga and Washington State, lettering in baseball for the Cougars, then turned pro with the hometown Spokane Indians in 1952 and reached the majors with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1955. Spring pitched all or parts of eight big-league seasons for seven clubs -- the Phillies, Red Sox, Senators, Angels, Cubs, Cardinals and Indians -- going 12-5 with a 4.26 ERA in 155 games, only five of them starts. A starter through his early minor-league years, where he won 107 games, he became a full-time reliever with the expansion Los Angeles Angels in 1962. He quit after a 1969 season back home with the Spokane Indians, then taught at West Valley High School east of Spokane, coached its baseball team for 14 seasons, won a state championship in 1978, and served as athletic director until retiring in 1995. He was inducted into the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame in 2005 and died August 2, 2015, at 82.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 171 | 2 | 16 | 78 | 46 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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 #71 card?
It is card #71 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jack Spring of the Los Angeles Angels.
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.