1960 Topps #553 Bill Skowron
Sport Magazine '60 All-Star Selection subset (#553-572), in the short-printed high-number series.
About this card
Cards #553-572 close the set as the Sport Magazine All-Star run, and they sit inside the scarce high-number series - which is why they are the hardest twenty cards in the set to finish.
About Bill Skowron
Bill Skowron signed with the Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950 out of Purdue University, where he'd set a Big Ten record batting .500 as a sophomore. Nicknamed "Moose" — shortened from "Mussolini," the name his grandfather's haircut earned him as a boy — he debuted in 1954, platooning at first base before winning the job in 1958. Skowron made seven All-Star teams as a Yankee and helped the club to four World Series titles (1956, 1958, 1961, 1962); his game-six RBI and game-seven three-run homer keyed New York's comeback from a 3-1 deficit in 1958. Traded to the Dodgers for pitcher Stan Williams after 1962, he got the last laugh that October, batting .385 with a homer as Los Angeles swept his former club — one of the few players to win back-to-back titles with different teams. He closed his 14-year career with the Senators, White Sox and Angels, an eighth All-Star nod coming in 1965, finishing with a .282 average, 211 home runs and 888 RBIs. On the 1960 Topps set, his stardom earns him two cards: the Yankees base issue (#370) and the short-printed high-number Sport Magazine All-Star subset (#553).
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 533 | 1 | 14 | 162 | 156 | 119 | 52 | 28 | 1 |
| SGC | 59 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. The Venezuelan issue, the 1960 Topps Tattoos and Bazooka are separate products and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #553 card?
It is card #553 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Skowron. Cards #553-572 close the set as the Sport Magazine All-Star run, and they sit inside the scarce high-number series - which is why they are the hardest twenty cards in the set to finish.
Why is #553 harder to find?
It sits in the high-number series, #507-572, printed last and distributed late in the 1960 season when fewer packs were bought. Those 66 cards are the toughest run in the set and carry the twenty Sport Magazine All-Stars.
How many cards are in the 1960 Topps Baseball set?
572 cards, numbered 1-572, issued in seven series - the last Topps flagship printed entirely horizontally. Cards #375-440 exist on two back stocks, white and gray, which collectors chasing every printed variety count as 638 pieces of cardboard in all.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, 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 2026-08-20.