1962 Topps #303 Frank Torre
About Frank Torre
Philadelphia purchased Torre's contract from Milwaukee on December 2, 1961, after a full season out of the majors; he had hit .307 with a career-best 13 home runs for Triple-A Vancouver. Four days earlier the Phillies had traded for first baseman Roy Sievers, so Torre returned as his backup, batting .310 with 20 RBIs and no home runs in 108 games for a club that improved to 81-80 under Gene Mauch. His first game against his old team, on May 3, brought a double, two singles and three RBIs in a 9-8 win, and put him on a major-league field with brother Joe for the first time. This 1962 Topps card, number 303 in the fourth series, shows him with the Phillies.
Frank Torre was a left-handed first baseman from Brooklyn who spent seven big-league seasons with the Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. Signed by the Boston Braves as a schoolboy pitcher and converted to first base in the minors, he served 14 months in Korea before reaching the majors in 1956. Valued more for his glove than his bat, he led National League first basemen in fielding percentage in 1957 and 1958, his two best offensive years at .272 and .309. He was part of Milwaukee's back-to-back pennant winners, hitting .300 with two home runs in the Braves' seven-game 1957 World Series triumph over the Yankees. Optioned to the minors in 1960 and kept there all of 1961, he hit well enough at Triple-A that Philadelphia bought his contract, and he closed out his career as a Phillies backup. He finished at .273 with 13 home runs and 179 RBIs, struck out just 64 times in 1,482 at-bats, and fielded .993 in 564 games at first base. He was the older brother of Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre, and in October 1996 he received a heart transplant the night before Joe managed the Yankees to a World Series title. After retiring he went into sporting goods and became a Rawlings vice president. He died in 2014 at 82.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 171 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 63 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #303 card?
It is card #303 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Torre of the Philadelphia Phillies.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-03.