1965 Topps #258 Larry Bearnarth
About Larry Bearnarth
Arm trouble followed Bearnarth into spring training, and the Mets brought him along slowly: five appearances and 3 2/3 innings in the first three weeks. From mid-May into June the sinker came back, the high point an 11-inning, 1-0 win over Cincinnati on June 14 that he and Frank Lary turned into a seven-hitter. July ruined it, a 9.69 ERA in 13 innings, and in August new manager Wes Westrum sent him to Triple-A Buffalo. Recalled in September, he took two losses in two starts and closed at 3-5 with a 4.60 ERA and one save in 40 games. Topps put him at #258 in 1965, a third-series card.
Lawrence Donald Bearnarth was a right-handed sinkerball pitcher who spent five major-league seasons, four of them with the New York Mets. Born in New York City and raised in Brooklyn and then on Staten Island, he starred at St. Peter's Boys High School and at St. John's University, where he went 32-2 under coach Jack Kaiser and graduated with a degree in English literature. He turned down pro offers out of high school, then signed with the Mets in June 1962 for a $17,000 bonus as the young franchise's first bonus player. Heavy rookie-season use was followed by the arm trouble that cut his career short: he pitched for New York through 1966, spent four years back in Triple-A, and made two last appearances for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971, finishing 13-21 with a 4.13 ERA and eight saves in 173 games. He coached from the early 1970s to the end of the 1990s, working as a Montreal Expos minor-league instructor and pitching coach, the first pitching coach in Colorado Rockies history, and finally a Detroit Tigers scout.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 251 | 0 | 25 | 129 | 58 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 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 #258 card?
It is card #258 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Bearnarth of the New York Mets.
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.