1965 Topps #159 Jim Duffalo
About Jim Duffalo
Card #159 sits in the second series of the 1965 Topps set. It shows him as a Giant, which he barely remained that year: he got into only two games for San Francisco, totaling a third of an inning, before the club traded him to the Cincinnati Reds on May 4 for left-handed relief specialist Bill Henry. He worked 22 games for Cincinnati, going 0-0 with a 3.45 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 44 1/3 innings, and made his final major league appearance on September 10.
James Francis Duffalo was born November 25, 1935 in Helvetia, Pennsylvania, and pitched all or part of five major league seasons, 1961 through 1965, most of them with the San Francisco Giants. A right-hander used chiefly in relief, he entered the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system in 1955, won 17 games as a rookie in the Class D Georgia-Florida League and 16 more the next year in the Class B Carolina League before the Pirates sent him to the Giants during the 1958 season. He debuted on April 12, 1961 at age 25, entering with two on and two out in the ninth and retiring Roberto Clemente to save a 2-1 win over Pittsburgh. He was a member of the 1962 National League champion Giants but did not appear in that year's World Series, and he closed out his big league time with Cincinnati in 1965. Duffalo finished 15-8 with six saves, 210 strikeouts and a 3.39 ERA in 141 games, 119 of them for San Francisco, starting 14 and relieving in 127. He pitched seven more minor league seasons before retiring in 1972 and briefly coached in the Giants' farm system.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 229 | 0 | 33 | 126 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 #159 card?
It is card #159 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Duffalo of the San Francisco Giants.
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.