1965 Topps #394 Jim Hannan
About Jim Hannan
Two rough April relief outings sent Hannan to Triple-A Hawaii, where he found the work he wanted: 30 starts, a 12-7 record and a 3.26 ERA for the Islanders. Washington called him back in September and handed him a spot start on the 29th - his only major-league start of the year - and he threw a five-hit, 9-0 shutout of the Kansas City Athletics, the first of his career. His father, dying of cancer in Jersey City, followed it on the radio; it was the last of his son's games he would hear, and he died on October 11. The 1965 Topps card, #394, comes from the fifth series.
James John Hannan was a right-handed pitcher from Jersey City, New Jersey, who reached the majors with the expansion Washington Senators in 1962, a few months after Washington used the first pick of the November 1961 first-year player draft to take him out of the Boston Red Sox system. A Notre Dame graduate with a heavy sinking fastball and a hard slider, he spent nine of his ten big-league seasons with Washington, moving between the rotation and the bullpen, and finished 41-48 with a 3.88 ERA in 276 games before closing out 1971 with the Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers. His best year came in 1968, when he went 10-6 with a 3.01 ERA under manager Jim Lemon. He took a master's degree in finance and investments from New York University in 1965, and the thesis he wrote there on the game's pension plan helped the Players Association cut the service time needed to qualify from five years to four. He later worked as a financial adviser and, in 1982, co-founded the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association, serving as its first president.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 373 | 6 | 72 | 186 | 75 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 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 #394 card?
It is card #394 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Hannan of the Washington Senators.
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.