1965 Topps #373 Curt Simmons
About Curt Simmons
Card #373 lands in the fifth series of the 1965 set on the strength of an 18-9, 3.43 season, the most wins Simmons ever posted. He was 11-8 at the end of July before the Cardinals' September surge carried him the rest of the way. His signature start came late that year against his old Phillies club: he held them hitless into the seventh inning and won 8-5, and with Cincinnati losing in extra innings to Pittsburgh, the result put St. Louis alone in first place on the way to the pennant.
Curt Simmons, a left-hander, signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1947 for a $65,000 bonus and debuted that September at 18. Paired with Robin Roberts, he won 17 games for the 1950 'Whiz Kids' pennant winners, then watched the World Series from the stands after his National Guard unit was called up for the Korean War, costing him all of 1951. Simmons made three All-Star teams (1952, 1953, 1957) and led the National League with six shutouts in 1952. Arm trouble cost him most of 1959, and the Phillies released him in May 1960; St. Louis signed him three days later. He anchored the Cardinals' rotation through the 1964 championship, starting Games Three and Six of the World Series with a 2.51 ERA. Sold to the Chicago Cubs in 1966 and to the California Angels in 1967, he retired at 193-183 with a 3.54 ERA and 1,697 strikeouts across 20 seasons. The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame took him in 1968, and the Phillies added him to their Wall of Fame in 1993. He later ran Limekiln Golf Club near Ambler, Pennsylvania, which he owned with Roberts, and died in 2022 at 93.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 350 | 3 | 55 | 188 | 68 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 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. 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 #373 card?
It is card #373 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.