1966 Topps #129 Jack Kralick
About Jack Kralick
Card #129, a second-series issue, carries Kralick's worst year: 5-11 and 4.92 in 1965, only 16 of his 30 appearances starts and just 86 innings. A skin infection in spring training cost him weeks, a strained arm muscle on June 11 put him on the disabled list, and manager Birdie Tebbetts aired his displeasure in July. A predawn scuffle with roommate and lifelong friend Gary Bell on August 23 cost him a tooth and nine stitches; he made that night's start anyway.
John Francis Kralick, the left-hander known as "Jittery Jack" for the way he tugged at his hat and belt and wiped his hand on his shirt between pitches, worked nine major-league seasons from 1959 to 1967 for the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins and the Cleveland Indians. The White Sox took him off the Michigan State roster in 1954 and released him in 1958; Washington signed him next, and he debuted at Fenway Park on April 15, 1959. He was an original Minnesota Twin in 1961, and in August 1962 he threw a no-hitter that came within two outs of a perfect game. Cleveland gave up Jim Perry to get him in May 1963, and a year later he made the American League All-Star squad. A May 1967 car crash on Cleveland's Memorial Shoreway, hours after the Indians sold his contract to the Mets, left him with a concussion and double vision that had still not cleared the following spring, when he retired at 67-65, 3.56 in 235 games. He coached college summer ball in Alaska in the 1970s, then settled in the Mexican fishing village of San Blas, where he died in 2012.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 167 | 4 | 33 | 71 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #129 card?
It is card #129 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jack Kralick of the Cleveland Indians.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, 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.