1964 Topps #215 Ray Herbert
About Ray Herbert
At 34, with Gary Peters, Juan Pizarro, Joe Horlen and John Buzhardt ahead of him in a young rotation, Herbert lost most of 1964 to his elbow; a torn flexor muscle diagnosed in June cost him 30 days on the disabled list. He came back diminished - on August 12 Mickey Mantle hit a home run off him that landed 15 rows beyond the 461-foot mark in center field at Yankee Stadium - and finished 6-7 with a 3.47 ERA in 111 2/3 innings, roughly half what he had thrown in each of the four previous seasons. On December 1 the White Sox sent him and outfielder Jeoff Long to Philadelphia for Danny Cater and Lee Elia. Card #215 is a third-series card.
Raymond Ernest Herbert was born in Detroit on December 15, 1929, and signed with his hometown Tigers for $4,000 out of Detroit Catholic Central High School, reaching the majors with a complete-game loss at Philadelphia on August 27, 1950. Army service during the Korean War cost him most of 1951 and all of 1952, and for a decade his sinking fastball outran his command: mop-up innings and spot starts for second-division Tigers and Kansas City Athletics clubs, plus two full seasons back in Triple-A in 1956 and 1957. A trade to the Chicago White Sox in June 1961 changed all of it. Pitching coach Ray Berres rebuilt a windup that had been pulling his head and body forward and boring the ball in on right-handed hitters, and Herbert went 48-32 in three and a half seasons in Chicago, including a 20-9 All-Star year in 1962 and a league-leading seven shutouts in 1963. Dealt to the Philadelphia Phillies in December 1964, he closed a fourteen-season, 104-107 career in 1966, then threw batting practice for the Tigers from 1967 to 1992.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 225 | 4 | 24 | 105 | 55 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 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 #215 card?
It is card #215 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ray Herbert of the Chicago White Sox.
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.