1965 Topps #353 Jerry Lumpe


About Jerry Lumpe
Solo card #353, a series-5 issue, reports Lumpe's 1964 debut season in Detroit, when he batted .256 with 160 hits and 46 RBI and started 156 games at second base, tying Los Angeles Angels rookie Bobby Knoop for the most starts by any American League second baseman. That summer brought his only All-Star selection: named a reserve for the American League at Shea Stadium on July 7, he never got into the game.
Jerry Dean Lumpe (born June 2, 1933, in Lincoln, Missouri; died August 15, 2014, in Springfield, Missouri) was a left-handed-hitting infielder who played 12 major-league seasons, 1956-1967, for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers. He came up as a shortstop and third baseman, started three games at third base in each of the Yankees' 1957 and 1958 World Series, and took a ring when New York beat Milwaukee in 1958. A May 26, 1959, trade to Kansas City, which sent him with Johnny Kucks and Tom Sturdivant for Ralph Terry and Hector Lopez, finally handed him a regular job; by 1960 he was the Athletics' everyday second baseman, and his best hitting followed. He moved to Detroit in the five-player deal that sent Rocky Colavito to Kansas City, held the Tigers' second-base job through the mid-1960s and was an American League All-Star in 1964. Released in October 1967, he retired with a .268 average, 1,314 hits and 47 home runs in 1,371 games, coached first base for the 1971 Oakland Athletics, later worked in banking and insurance, and entered the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 191 | 2 | 29 | 88 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 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. 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 #353 card?
It is card #353 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jerry Lumpe of the Detroit Tigers.
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.