1965 Topps #529 Jerry Fosnow
Number 529 is a high number from the closing seventh series of the 1965 set, inside its short-print zone.
About Jerry Fosnow
Fosnow's only Topps card, #529, is a seventh-series high number from the short-print zone at the tail of the 1965 set, and it doubles as his rookie card. One big league season stood behind it: seven relief outings for Minnesota in 1964, an 0-1 record and a 10.97 ERA. The 1965 season went better - 29 games, 3-3, a 4.44 ERA and two saves - until a sore arm in July sent him to Denver for good. Minnesota won the pennant without him; he drew two-thirds of a World Series share.
Jerry Fosnow was a 6-foot-4 left-handed reliever whose entire major league career came with the Minnesota Twins: 36 games across 1964 and 1965. Born September 21, 1940, in Deshler, Ohio, he signed with the Cleveland Indians in 1959 for a $500 bonus and went 15-4 for the Class D Selma Cloverleafs, throwing a playoff no-hitter. He moved up to Minot of the Class C Northern League, was released by Dubuque in 1961, then caught on with Minnesota in 1962 and worked through Wilson to Triple-A Atlanta, where manager Jack McKeon converted him into a relief pitcher. He debuted at Baltimore on June 29, 1964. A winter with pitching coach Johnny Sain put a dip in his curveball, and in 1965 he beat the Yankees on Opening Day, struck out Roger Maris to smother a New York rally, and saved a game at Yankee Stadium. He finished 3-4 with a 5.65 ERA, tried minor league comebacks through 1967, then built a business career with Gulf Oil and American Personnel Services.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 269 | 1 | 22 | 135 | 74 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 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 #529 card?
It is card #529 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jerry Fosnow of the Minnesota Twins.
Is 1965 Topps #529 a rookie card?
Yes - #529 is the 1965 Topps rookie card of Jerry Fosnow.
Is 1965 Topps #529 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last series, #507-598. Unlike most 1960s Topps sets the 1965 highs are not scarce as a run - the premium sits on the short-printed cards inside #523-598. It is also a short-print zone card. Forty-four of the 76 cards in #523-598 were short-printed; #507-522 was not. The zone is stated as a range because the catalogs disagree on exactly which cards, so no single card is marked.
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.