1962 Topps

The 1962 Topps baseball card set features 598 cards with a distinctive wood-grain frame. These standard size cards measure 2½" by 3½". The subsets for the 1962 Topps baseball cards are as follows:

• league leaders (51-60)
• Babe Ruth series (135-144)
• World Series highlights (232-237)
• In Action shots (311-319)
• All-Stars (466-475) The All-Star selections provided by Sport Magazine
• Rookie Prospects (591-598)

The set's entire second series (the 87 cards numbered 110 through 196) comes in two different variations, the regular issue and the tougher "green tint" version and a blue-sky background version

second series cub players:

• 119 Danny Murphy
• 170 Ron Santo
• 191 Jim Brewer

first printed and distributed without the proper amount of ink for the photographs; the result has been known ever since as the "Green Tint" series, for the sky and dirt in the backgrounds of some cards are decidedly green, rather than blue or brown. All the photos were somewhat out of focus

The entire series was re-printed and re-distributed, with the photo inks in proper proportion. All remaining photos were re-cropped for the re-printing (e.g., some photos were moved a bit to one side, and others moved up or down), thus giving every card in the series an error card.

Within the last series (523-598) there are 43 cards which were printed in lesser quantities; these are marked SP in the checklist below.

Key Rookies:

• 387 Lou Brock
• 461 Ken Hubbs

Other Rookies:

• 66 Cuno Barragan
• 89 Barney Schultz
• 309 Moe Morhardt

Short Prints:

• 546 Moe Thacker SP
• 552 Chicago Cubs Team SP
• 557 Bob Anderson SP
• 585 Glen Hobbie SP

Error cards:

• 66 Cuno Barragan UER: Name misspelled "Barragon"
• 458a Bob Buhl- VAR: M on cap
• 458b Bob Buhl - VAR: plain cap

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
25	Ernie Banks
47	Bob Will
66	Cuno Barragan RC
89	Barney Schultz RC
119	Danny Murphy
119A	Danny Murphy/Green Tint
170	Ron Santo
170A	Ron Santo/Green Tint
191	Jim Brewer
191A	Jim Brewer/Green Tint
240	George Altman
264	Dick Ellsworth
274	Sammy Taylor
288	Billy Williams
309	Moe Morhardt RC
325	Luis Aparicio
359	Bobby Locke
372	Jack Curtis
387	Lou Brock RC
446	Don Elston
458	Bob Buhl M on Cap
458A	Bob Buhl Plain Cap
461	Ken Hubbs RC
477	Andre Rodgers
495	Don Cardwell
546	Moe Thacker SP
552	Chicago Cubs TC
557	Bob Anderson SP
585	Glen Hobbie SP
597	Rookie Parade SP