The 1962 Topps Baseball set consists of 598 cards. Cards feature a photograph set against a faux wood-grain background, with the lower-right corner designed to give the appearance that it is peeling away to reveal his name, team, and position. Specialty cards including statistical leaders, multi-player cards, team cards, checklists, World Series cards and All-Stars, as well as the debut of the multi-player rookie card. Photo variations of several cards in the Second Series (#110-196) exist, with cards in that Series also found with two distinct printing types - an early printing containing a greenish tint. “Short Prints” can be found in the high numbers, including Hall of Famers Bob Gibson (#530), Willie McCovey (#544) and Hoyt Wilhelm (#545). The 1962 Topps set’s wood-grain borders are highly susceptible to chipping that the collection is difficult to find in high grade.

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This set can sting when you get to the last three Indians cards (#591, #594 and #598), all of which are high number shortprints.

80-82 (Pythagorean 74-88)

6th in the American League

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