1961 Topps #386 Joe Hicks
About Joe Hicks
Card #386 is a fifth-series number, and it is Hicks's recognized rookie card, printed just as the expansion draft handed him a fresh start. Washington had taken him 52nd overall after the White Sox left him unprotected, and the back of the card sells his minor-league bat and a real chance at a starting job with the new Senators. It never came. Wearing 31, Hicks made the Opening Day roster but got into only 12 games and 29 at-bats, hitting .172, before the Senators sent him to Triple-A Indianapolis for the rest of the year. One swing lasted: his first big-league home run, May 2 at Griffith Stadium off Jim Bunning.
William Joseph Hicks, born in Ivy, Virginia on April 7, 1933, was a left-handed-hitting, right-handed-throwing outfielder who hit .325 at the University of Virginia before signing with the Chicago White Sox in 1953. Two years in the Army cost him the 1956 and 1957 seasons, and a winter in Nicaragua after 1958 brought him a wife, Antonia Moody, whom he married in Managua on New Year's Eve. He reached Chicago in September 1959, going 3-for-7 in a late-season look, spent 1960 almost entirely as a pinch hitter, then was left unprotected and taken 52nd overall by the expansion Washington Senators. Two Washington seasons later his contract went to the New York Mets, where he finished in 1963. His big-league line reads .221 with 12 home runs and 39 RBIs in 212 games, thin next to the .313 average and 107 homers he posted over eleven minor-league seasons. Hicks later served as Charlottesville's athletic director, taught the rulebook at clinics around Virginia, and umpired into his 70s. He died on December 2, 2023.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 378 | 0 | 17 | 160 | 135 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. PSA counts are straight grades only; PSA half grades (PSA 1.5 among them) and qualified slabs are not included. SGC half grades fold down (8.5→8). Slabs of the two cards printed #463 are joined by description, never by number alone.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #386 card?
It is card #386 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Hicks of the Washington Senators.
Is 1961 Topps #386 a rookie card?
Yes - #386 is the 1961 Topps rookie card of Joe Hicks.
How many cards are in the 1961 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 596 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 589, but #426, #587 and #588 were never issued and two different cards were printed #463 - Jack Fisher and the Milwaukee Braves Team card, catalogued 463b - and eight cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-05.