1967 Topps #501 Jerry Zimmerman
About Jerry Zimmerman
Card #501 comes out of the sixth series of 1967 Topps. It documents the heaviest workload of Zimmerman's career. With Earl Battey in and out of the lineup, he appeared in 104 games and his 692 1/3 innings caught led the team. He carried the Twins' unofficial bullpen coach duties on top of that, since the club employed only three full-time coaches that season, and the extra catching told at the plate, where his average fell to .167. Minnesota led the four-team pennant race with two games to play, then dropped both to the Red Sox and finished tied with Detroit for second.
Gerald Robert Zimmerman was a catcher who played eight major league seasons for the Cincinnati Reds and Minnesota Twins between 1961 and 1968. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, on September 21, 1934 and raised in Milwaukie, Oregon, he signed with the Boston Red Sox in June 1952 for a reported $80,000 bonus and spent eight years in their farm system, reaching Triple-A Minneapolis in 1958 under player-manager Gene Mauch and catching the Millers to the American Association and Junior World Series titles. Released by the Red Sox and then the Orioles in 1959, he signed with Cincinnati and reached the majors at 26 in 1961, working more games behind the plate than any other Reds catcher during their pennant-winning season. Traded to Minnesota in January 1962 for outfielder Dan Dobbek, he spent seven seasons as a backup valued for his glove and his easy clubhouse presence rather than his bat, finishing at .204 with three home runs in 483 games. He later coached for Mauch in Montreal and Minnesota through 1980, scouted for the Yankees and Orioles, and umpired an inning of a major league game during the 1978 umpires' strike. He died in Neskowin, Oregon, in 1998.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 235 | 5 | 29 | 113 | 47 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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. PSA registers a row for every one of the 624 states; SGC lists no separate row for the #149 white-streak state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #501 card?
It is card #501 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jerry Zimmerman of the Minnesota Twins.
Why is #501 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #458-533 - noticeably tougher than the first five.
How many cards are in the 1967 Topps Baseball set?
609 cards, tracked as 624 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 609 without a gap - no number was skipped and none was used twice - and 15 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-12.