1965 Topps #264 Bob Buhl
About Bob Buhl
Buhl's best Chicago season fills the back of card #264, a third-series issue: 15-14 with a 3.83 ERA across 227.2 innings in 1964, his highest win total in a Cubs uniform and his third straight 200-inning year for the club. He made 35 starts for a team that finished 76-86 and eighth under head coach Bob Kennedy, with Larry Jackson taking 24 of the wins. It was also the summer Chicago sent Lou Brock to St. Louis in the Ernie Broglio deal, the trade the franchise never lived down.
Bob Buhl signed with the Chicago White Sox out of a 1946 tryout camp in his hometown of Saginaw, Michigan, but Commissioner Happy Chandler granted him free agency in February 1948 because the deal came before he had graduated from high school, and he signed with the Boston Braves organization instead. Army paratrooper duty in 1951-52 delayed him further; he debuted on April 17, 1953. Over fifteen seasons he went 166-132 with a 3.55 ERA in 2,587 innings for the Braves (1953-1962), Chicago Cubs (1962-1966) and Philadelphia Phillies (1966-1967). He won 18 games in 1956 and 18 again in 1957, when his .720 winning percentage led the National League and Milwaukee won the only World Series title of its Braves era. He earned the nickname Dodger Killer by beating Brooklyn in five straight starts in 1956. At the plate he was hopeless: no home runs in 857 career at-bats and a .089 average. He settled in Mio, Michigan, coached high school ball at Hillman in the 1970s, and died in Titusville, Florida on February 16, 2001.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 239 | 1 | 31 | 107 | 70 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 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. The two checklist variations, #79 and #508, are listed under the wording PSA uses for each state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #264 card?
It is card #264 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Buhl of the Chicago Cubs.
How many cards are in the 1965 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 600 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no printed-number collisions, and two checklist cards - #79 and #508 - carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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.