1962 Topps #327 Ozzie Virgil
About Ozzie Virgil
Card #327 lands in the fourth series, showing Virgil in an Orioles uniform he barely got to wear. Kansas City had sold him to St. Louis in October 1961, and Baltimore selected him from the Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft on November 27 of that year. What the Orioles got out of him in 1962 was one game, with no official at-bat and a single walk standing as his entire line for the season.
Osvaldo Jose Virgil Pichardo was born May 17, 1932 in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic, grew up in the Bronx after his family emigrated, and became the first Dominican-born player in post-integration Major League Baseball when he debuted for the New York Giants on September 23, 1956. A right-handed hitter and thrower, he played every position except pitcher and center field, most often third base. Across nine seasons with the Giants in both New York and San Francisco, Detroit, Kansas City, Baltimore and Pittsburgh he batted .231 with 174 hits, 14 home runs and 73 RBI in 324 games. In 1958 he became the first black player to appear for the Tigers, one of the last clubs to integrate, a distinction usually noted with the caveat that he was more precisely their first Latino; in his Detroit home debut he went 5-for-5 to a standing ovation he said he never forgot. He then coached 19 seasons in the majors, working 1977 through 1988 as Dick Williams's third-base coach, including the pennant-winning 1984 San Diego Padres. His son Ozzie Virgil Jr. caught in all or parts of 11 big league seasons and was a two-time National League All-Star; father coached third base while son batted in the 1985 All-Star Game. Virgil died September 29, 2024 in Monte Cristi at 92.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 154 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 61 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #327 card?
It is card #327 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ozzie Virgil of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.