1964 Topps #485 Tom Haller
About Tom Haller
Card #485 comes out of Topps' sixth series, and it caught Haller just as the job became entirely his: the Giants had shipped Ed Bailey to Milwaukee for Del Crandall the previous December. He started 105 games, batted .253 with 16 home runs and 48 RBI, and closed with a rush, hitting .329 with eight homers in September. His signature night came May 31 at Shea Stadium, where he caught all 23 innings of the second game of a doubleheader and talked a struggling Gaylord Perry into finally breaking out the spitball he had been hiding; Perry answered with ten shutout innings.
Tom Haller was a catcher who spent twelve major league seasons (1961-1972), most of them as the primary receiver for the San Francisco Giants before finishing with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. Born in Lockport, Illinois, on June 23, 1937, he starred as a football quarterback at the University of Illinois, then signed with the Giants in 1958 and spent three seasons in their farm system before debuting in April 1961. Known for a strong throwing arm, sure hands and a reputation as an unusually cerebral game-caller, he earned three straight All-Star selections from 1966 through 1968 and caught staffs built around Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry. He finished with a .257 average, 134 home runs and 504 RBI in 1,294 games. His older brother Bill became an American League umpire, and in July 1972 the two worked the same game as catcher and plate umpire, the first time brothers had done so. After retiring he returned to the Giants as a coach, farm director and vice president of baseball operations, and later served as general manager of the Chicago White Sox. He died in Los Angeles in 2004, and in 2008 was named to the inaugural class of the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 264 | 7 | 43 | 138 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 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 #485 card?
It is card #485 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tom Haller of the San Francisco Giants.
Why is #485 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.