1962 Topps #563 Ken Aspromonte
About Ken Aspromonte
His 1962 Topps card, #563, falls in the seventh series - a high number, and the toughest of his four cards from these sets to run down. The photo has him back in a Cleveland uniform, the club that had claimed him off waivers from the Angels the previous July, but the Indians barely used him: 20 games and 34 plate appearances through the end of June, a .143 average and one RBI. Milwaukee purchased his contract on July 1, and he finished the season in the National League, hitting .291 in 34 games behind second baseman Frank Bolling and third baseman Eddie Mathews.
Ken Aspromonte, born September 22, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, was a right-handed second baseman who played parts of seven big-league seasons from 1957 to 1963 with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Braves and Chicago Cubs. Signed by the Red Sox in 1950 out of Brooklyn's Lafayette High School, he spent six years in the minors plus two in the Army before debuting on September 2, 1957, having just won the Pacific Coast League batting title at .334 for the San Francisco Seals. Washington traded him to Cleveland on May 15, 1960 for outfielder Pete Whisenant, and the move made his career: he hit a career-high .290 with 10 home runs, 48 RBIs and 65 runs. Cleveland then left him unprotected in the December 1960 American League expansion draft, and he opened 1961 as the Los Angeles Angels' second baseman. His last big-league game came June 21, 1963 with the Cubs; released the following spring, he played three seasons in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons and Taiyo Whales, batting .273 over 295 games. He later managed the Cleveland Indians from 1972 through 1974, going 220-260. His younger brother Bob Aspromonte played 13 major-league seasons as a third baseman.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 414 | 0 | 35 | 229 | 109 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 55 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 #563 card?
It is card #563 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Aspromonte of the Cleveland Indians.
Why is #563 harder to find?
It is a high number card (cards 523-598) from the seventh print series, distributed last and in the smallest quantity - the toughest cards in the set and home to all 42 short prints and the Rookie Parade.
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.