1965 Topps #462 Lew Krausse
The pitcher pictured on the front is not Krausse but fellow Athletics right-hander Pete Lovrich, a photo mix-up catalogued in the 1965 set.
Uncorrected error: Photo is actually Pete Lovrich, not Lew Krausse
About Lew Krausse
The sixth-series #462 reports the brief 1964 look the Athletics gave him: 0-2 with a 7.36 earned run average across five games and four starts, 14.2 innings in all. Most of that summer went to Triple-A Dallas, where he lost a Pacific Coast League-high 19 games for the lowest-scoring club in the league despite a 3.94 ERA. The card also carries a photo error: the pitcher on the front is not Krausse but fellow Athletics right-hander Pete Lovrich, and the standard checklists flag it that way.
Lewis Bernard Krausse Jr. (April 25, 1943 - February 16, 2021) was credited with 18 no-hitters in amateur ball before he left Chester High School in Pennsylvania. Kansas City signed him within hours of his June 6, 1961 graduation for $125,000, a figure Athletics general manager Frank Lane called baseball's largest bonus ever; his father, Lew Krausse Sr., a former Philadelphia Athletics pitcher, scouted for the club. Ten days after graduation, at 18, Krausse threw a three-hit, 4-0 shutout over the expansion Los Angeles Angels, becoming the youngest pitcher in either league to complete a nine-inning shutout. Control problems and elbow surgery then kept him in the minors through 1962 and 1963. He broke through in 1966 at 14-9 with a 2.99 ERA; in 1967 owner Charlie Finley fined and suspended him over a team flight, turmoil that cost manager Alvin Dark his job and Ken Harrelson his release. Krausse pitched twelve major league seasons for five clubs, finishing 68-91 with a 4.00 ERA, then built a Kansas City metals business. He entered the Delaware County, Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 274 | 5 | 32 | 141 | 66 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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 #462 card?
It is Lew Krausse's Kansas City Athletics card, #462 in the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set - but the pitcher pictured is Pete Lovrich, a fellow Athletics right-hander, not Krausse.
Is the photo on #462 really Lew Krausse?
No. The card is Lew Krausse's, but the pitcher pictured is Pete Lovrich, a fellow Athletics right-hander. Topps never corrected it, so every copy of #462 carries the wrong picture.
Does 1965 Topps #462 have an error?
Photo is actually Pete Lovrich, not Lew Krausse. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #462 reads the same way.
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.
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