1964 Topps #261 Jim Hannan
About Jim Hannan
Hannan spent all of 1964 in Washington and got mixed returns: 4-7 with a 4.16 ERA across 49 appearances, only seven of them starts. On May 30 he hung a slider to Cleveland's Johnny Romano, a fellow Hudson County product, and watched it leave the park; the next day Gil Hodges, a catcher in his own playing days, had him throw on the sidelines and stopped him cold - the thumb was in the wrong spot. Hannan did not allow a run over his next three outings. His 1964 Topps card, #261, sits in the third series, a plain base card of a pitcher still working out of the pen more often than not.
James John Hannan was a right-handed pitcher from Jersey City, New Jersey, who reached the majors with the expansion Washington Senators in 1962, a few months after Washington used the first pick of the November 1961 first-year player draft to take him out of the Boston Red Sox system. A Notre Dame graduate with a heavy sinking fastball and a hard slider, he spent nine of his ten big-league seasons with Washington, moving between the rotation and the bullpen, and finished 41-48 with a 3.88 ERA in 276 games before closing out 1971 with the Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers. His best year came in 1968, when he went 10-6 with a 3.01 ERA under manager Jim Lemon. He took a master's degree in finance and investments from New York University in 1965, and the thesis he wrote there on the game's pension plan helped the Players Association cut the service time needed to qualify from five years to four. He later worked as a financial adviser and, in 1982, co-founded the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association, serving as its first president.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 294 | 0 | 33 | 170 | 54 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #261 card?
It is card #261 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Hannan of the Washington Senators.
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.
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