1966 Topps #245 John Buzhardt
About John Buzhardt
Card #245 is a third-series issue, and it falls inside the #1-370 run Topps also printed for the Venezuelan market; those carry the same English design on darker, thinner stock, which makes them punishing to find in high grade. The card reports Buzhardt's career year, 13-8 with a 3.01 ERA for a Chicago club that won 95 games and finished seven behind Minnesota. He was 7-1 on June 23, then Lopez walked out on July 18 and pulled him mid-count in the eighth with a 2-1 lead. Buzhardt slammed his cap into the dugout, threw his glove into the stands, and went 6-7 the rest of the way.
John William Buzhardt was a right-handed pitcher from Prosperity, South Carolina, signed by the Chicago Cubs for $250 in June 1954 and moved through seven minor league stops before reaching the majors on September 10, 1958. He spent eleven seasons (1958-1968) with the Cubs, Phillies, White Sox, Orioles and Astros, finishing 71-96 with a 3.66 ERA and 678 strikeouts. A thinking man's pitcher, he lived on control and a sinker kept low in the zone, and never lost to the Yankees, going 7-0 against them. His rookie September in 1958 brought wins over Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, and on June 21, 1959, he one-hit Philadelphia 4-0 in under two hours. The January 1960 trade that sent Richie Ashburn to Chicago made him a Phillie, and in 1961 he became the man who stopped their 23-game losing streak, still the modern-era record. A November 1961 deal that sent Roy Sievers to Philadelphia brought him to the White Sox and his best years, a 2.42 ERA in 1963 and a career-high 13 wins in 1965. Bounced through three organizations in 1967, his children in four school systems in one year, he turned down a 1969 contract and went home to Prosperity, where a production job grew into a supervisor's post before his death in 2008 at age 71.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 258 | 5 | 63 | 135 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 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. 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 #245 card?
It is card #245 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing John Buzhardt of the Chicago White Sox.
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.