1960 Topps #525 Marv Breeding
About Marv Breeding
Marv Breeding broke in with the Baltimore Orioles in 1960 after signing with the club out of Samford University in 1955, quickly earning a reputation for slick glove work at second base. His rookie season was the best of his four-year career: a .267 average, career-high 147 hits, 69 runs, and 43 RBI while manning second full-time for Baltimore, with his 117 singles ranking ninth in the American League. Breeding's #525 1960 Topps card is a recognized rookie issue, made scarcer by its place among the set's short-printed high numbers. He spent three seasons in Baltimore before a 1963 trade sent him to the expansion Washington Senators, then to the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he served as a reserve infielder and sat on the bench for the club's 1963 World Series sweep of the Yankees. Breeding finished with a .250 career average and later ran a machine shop in his native Decatur, Alabama.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 285 | 0 | 10 | 93 | 101 | 46 | 17 | 18 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. 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 #525 card?
It is card #525 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Marv Breeding.
Is 1960 Topps #525 a rookie card?
Yes - #525 is the 1960 Topps rookie card of Marv Breeding.
Why is #525 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 2026-10-13.