1963 Topps #2 1962 American League Batting Leaders
On this card: Pete Runnels, Mickey Mantle, Floyd Robinson, Chuck Hinton, Norm Siebern
About this card
Cards #1-10 are the 1962 League Leaders - the ten cards that open the set, one statistical category per pair with the National League card first and the American League card second: batting (#1-2), home runs (#3-4), earned run average (#5-6), pitching (#7-8) and strikeouts (#9-10).
The story on this card
Card number 2 in the 1963 Topps set opens the League Leaders subset with the 1962 American League batting average race. Pete Runnels of the Boston Red Sox topped the league at .326, the second batting title of his career. Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees was runner-up at .321 in a season limited to 123 games. Floyd Robinson of the Chicago White Sox finished third at .312, Chuck Hinton of the Washington Senators fourth at .310, and Norm Siebern of the Kansas City Athletics fifth at .308. The card is No. 2 in its print series.
Pete Runnels, a Texas-born infielder who learned to hit from teammate Ted Williams in Boston, won two American League batting titles and played second, first, short, and third across fourteen big-league seasons. Mickey Mantle was the Yankees' switch-hitting center fielder across 18 seasons, a Triple Crown winner, three-time American League Most Valuable Player and seven-time World Series champion who hit 536 home runs on ruined legs. Floyd Robinson was the Chicago White Sox's left-handed-hitting right fielder of the early 1960s, tied for third in the 1961 American League Rookie of the Year vote and the league's 1962 doubles leader at 45, with a .312 average and 109 RBI that season. Outfielder Chuck Hinton hit .310 for Washington in 1962, the last .300 average by any Washington Senator, made the 1964 All-Star team, and later coached Howard University baseball for 28 years. A quiet, 6-foot-2 left-handed slugger, Siebern won a Gold Glove with the Yankees, was traded for Roger Maris, and made four All-Star teams as a first baseman for Kansas City and Baltimore.
Sources: Wikipedia (Pete Runnels) · Wikipedia (Mickey Mantle) · Wikipedia (Floyd Robinson) · Wikipedia (Chuck Hinton) · SABR BioProject (Pete Runnels) · SABR BioProject (Mickey Mantle) · SABR BioProject (Floyd Robinson) · SABR BioProject (Chuck Hinton)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,974 | 0 | 38 | 429 | 617 | 624 | 505 | 752 | 9 |
| SGC | 1,029 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 97 | 196 | 279 | 414 | 9 |
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.
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Related cards
Team cards: #202 Boston Red Sox, #247 New York Yankees, #288 Chicago White Sox, #131 Washington Senators, #397 Kansas City Athletics
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More New York Yankees cards:
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- #6 1962 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #8 1962 American League Pitching Leaders
- #10 1962 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #20 Tony Kubek
- #38 Bud Daley
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #6 1962 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #8 1962 American League Pitching Leaders
- #10 1962 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #16 Al Smith
- #35 John Buzhardt
- #54 1963 Rookie Stars
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #2 card?
It is card #2 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pete Runnels, Mickey Mantle, Floyd Robinson, Chuck Hinton and Norm Siebern. Cards #1-10 are the 1962 League Leaders - the ten cards that open the set, one statistical category per pair with the National League card first and the American League card second: batting (#1-2), home runs (#3-4), earned run average (#5-6), pitching (#7-8) and strikeouts (#9-10).
How many cards are in the 1963 Topps Baseball set?
576 cards, tracked as 583 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 576 with no gaps and no number used twice, and seven cards carry a catalogued print variation - three checklists, the two Rookie Stars cards also printed with a "1962" heading, and the #341 Jack Baldschun and #454 Art Fowler print states - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: 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.