1964 Topps #474 Larry Sherry
About Larry Sherry
Sherry joined Detroit only days before opening day and settled in fast, going 7-5 with a 3.66 ERA in 38 relief appearances, finishing 24 games and picking up 11 saves. He struck out 58 in 66 1/3 innings, the sharpest strikeout rate of his career. Card #474 is a sixth-series card, and it is the first Topps card to list him with the Tigers rather than the Dodgers.
Larry Sherry (born July 25, 1935, in Los Angeles; died December 17, 2006, in Mission Viejo, California) was a right-handed relief pitcher who worked in the major leagues from 1958 to 1968 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros and California Angels. Born with clubfeet that needed surgery in infancy and corrective shoes afterward, he starred at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, then spent years grinding through the minors until his older brother, catcher Norm Sherry, helped him add a slider over the winter of 1958-59. The Dodgers called him up on July 4, 1959; he finished 7-2 with a 2.19 ERA and was voted Most Valuable Player of the 1959 World Series, the first relief pitcher to take the award, after working all four Los Angeles wins over the Chicago White Sox - two victories, two saves, a 0.71 ERA across 12 2/3 innings. On May 7, 1960, he and Norm became the first and only Jewish brother battery in major league history. He retired at 53-44 with a 3.67 ERA, 82 saves and 606 strikeouts in 416 games, later managing and coaching in the minors and serving as pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels. The Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inducted him in 1993.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 172 | 2 | 10 | 92 | 47 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 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 #474 card?
It is card #474 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Sherry of the Detroit Tigers.
Why is #474 harder to find?
It is a series 5-6 card. Cards from the fifth and sixth print series (#371-522) are a step tougher to find than #1-370; availability in 1964 runs in three tiers, not a cliff.
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.