1964 Topps #527 Larry Bearnarth
About Larry Bearnarth
A poll of National League sportswriters in April 1964 tabbed Bearnarth the Mets' best young pitcher, and by mid-June he had backed it up, winning four decisions in a row and once working 10 innings of relief to beat the Cubs. Then tendonitis settled into his pitching arm. He was sidelined for most of the summer, came back too soon by his own admission, and was shut down after a September 9 outing. The final line: 44 games, one of them a start, a 5-5 record, a 4.15 ERA, three saves and 78 innings. His 1964 Topps card is #527, a high number from the seventh and final series.
Lawrence Donald Bearnarth was a right-handed sinkerball pitcher who spent five major-league seasons, four of them with the New York Mets. Born in New York City and raised in Brooklyn and then on Staten Island, he starred at St. Peter's Boys High School and at St. John's University, where he went 32-2 under coach Jack Kaiser and graduated with a degree in English literature. He turned down pro offers out of high school, then signed with the Mets in June 1962 for a $17,000 bonus as the young franchise's first bonus player. Heavy rookie-season use was followed by the arm trouble that cut his career short: he pitched for New York through 1966, spent four years back in Triple-A, and made two last appearances for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971, finishing 13-21 with a 4.13 ERA and eight saves in 173 games. He coached from the early 1970s to the end of the 1990s, working as a Montreal Expos minor-league instructor and pitching coach, the first pitching coach in Colorado Rockies history, and finally a Detroit Tigers scout.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 188 | 3 | 20 | 90 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 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 #527 card?
It is card #527 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Bearnarth of the New York Mets.
Is 1964 Topps #527 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #523-587, distributed last. Scarcer than the rest of the set but only mildly so - the high premium runs roughly 55-60 percent, far milder than the 1952-62 highs.
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.