1965 Topps #101 Fred Newman
About Fred Newman
Card 101 is an ordinary second-series number, and it arrived on the back of the best work Newman had done. In 1964 he went 13-10 with a 2.75 ERA over 190 innings, making 28 starts among 32 appearances, finishing seven of them and throwing two shutouts while striking out 83. That ERA was more than two and a half runs better than his 1963 figure, and only Dean Chance started more games or worked more innings for the Angels.
Frederick William Newman was a right-handed pitcher born in Boston on February 21, 1942. The Red Sox signed him out of nearby Brookline High School in 1960, then left the 18-year-old off their protected list that winter, and the expansion Los Angeles Angels took him with the 53rd pick of the December 1960 expansion draft. A 15-1, 1.85 season for Class C San Jose in 1962 pushed him to Triple-A and then to the Angels that September. A rough 1-5 trial in 1963 gave way to the two years that made him: 13-10 with a 2.75 ERA in 1964, then 14-16 with a 2.93 ERA and 260.2 innings in 1965, 27 wins and 17 complete games across the pair. Arm trouble arrived in 1966 and never left. He pitched three games in 1967, the last on August 5, spent that year and 1968 shuttling through the Angels' farm system, and retired. Six seasons, all with the Angels: 33-39, 3.41, 254 strikeouts in 610 innings. He went home to Brookline and became a firefighter. Newman died in Framingham, Massachusetts, on June 24, 1987, after an automobile accident in nearby Holliston. He was 45.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 252 | 3 | 36 | 141 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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 #101 card?
It is card #101 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Fred Newman of the Los Angeles Angels.
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.