1964 Topps #359 Jim Schaffer
About Jim Schaffer
Card 359 falls in Topps' fourth series, a straight mid-run number. It is also his second and last card as a Cub. The bat went backward in 1964: 54 games, 122 at-bats, .205 with two home runs and nine RBI. He kept his batting eye, though, drawing 17 walks against just 17 strikeouts and pushing his on-base mark to .307, a hundred points above his average. That December the Cubs traded him across town to the White Sox for Frank Baumann.
Jimmie Ronald Schaffer is a right-handed catcher from Limeport, Pennsylvania, born April 5, 1936. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1955, a year after graduating from Coopersburg High School, and spent six seasons in the minors before debuting on May 20, 1961, lining a single off the Cubs' Dick Ellsworth in his first big-league at-bat. That rookie year gave him the most work he would ever get, 68 games and 153 at-bats. From there he moved constantly, catching for the Cardinals, Cubs, White Sox, Mets, Phillies and Reds across eight seasons and finishing at .223 with 11 home runs and 56 RBI in 304 games. He later managed in the Baltimore Orioles' farm system, coached the Texas Rangers bullpen in 1978, then joined the Kansas City Royals' staff in 1980 and stayed a decade, earning a World Series ring with the 1985 champions. He retired from baseball after the 1989 season and went home to Limeport, where he and his wife Jeanne raised five children.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 277 | 5 | 55 | 145 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 #359 card?
It is card #359 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Schaffer of the Chicago Cubs.
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.