1963 Topps #4 1962 American League Home Run Leaders
On this card: Harmon Killebrew, Norm Cash, Rocky Colavito, Leon Wagner, Jim Gentile, Roger Maris
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 4 opens the set's first print series with the American League home run recap from 1962: Harmon Killebrew led the league outright with 48, one short of National League leader Willie Mays, while Norm Cash was AL runner-up with 39 after his freak .361 batting title the year before. Rocky Colavito hit 37 for Detroit, Leon Wagner matched him with 37 for the Angels, Jim Gentile added 33 for Baltimore, and Roger Maris, a year removed from his record 61, hit 33 for the Yankees. The board spans five teams -- Twins, Tigers, Angels, Orioles, and Yankees -- and carries no photo of any one player.
Harmon Killebrew was the Twins' quiet, powerfully built slugger of the 1960s, a six-time American League home run champion who hit more homers in the decade than anyone else and won the 1969 AL Most Valuable Player award. Norm Cash, "Stormin' Norman," held down first base in Detroit for fifteen seasons, won the 1961 American League batting title at .361, made five All-Star teams and helped the Tigers win the 1968 World Series, finishing with 377 home runs. A nine-time All-Star with one of the great throwing arms of his era, Rocky Colavito tied for the 1959 American League home run crown, homered four straight times in one game that June, and led the league in RBI for Cleveland in 1965. Leon 'Daddy Wags' Wagner spent twelve big-league seasons swinging a feared left-handed bat for five clubs, highlighted by his 1962 All-Star Game MVP award and a .272 career average with 211 home runs built on power, not defense. Diamond Jim Gentile lost eight years to the Dodgers' minor leagues before Baltimore handed him first base at 26; he made both All-Star teams three straight years and hit five grand slams in 1961, an American League record. Roger Maris - the Yankees right fielder who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record with 61 in 1961, a back-to-back American League MVP and three-time World Series champion in New York and St. Louis. He is not in Cooperstown.
Sources: Wikipedia (Harmon Killebrew) · Wikipedia (Rocky Colavito) · Wikipedia (Leon Wagner) · Wikipedia (Norm Cash) · SABR BioProject (Harmon Killebrew) · SABR BioProject (Norm Cash) · SABR BioProject (Rocky Colavito) · SABR BioProject (Leon Wagner) · National Baseball Hall of Fame
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 977 | 1 | 5 | 180 | 253 | 231 | 139 | 163 | 5 |
| SGC | 201 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 62 | 51 | 2 |
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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Team cards: #162 Minnesota Twins, #552 Detroit Tigers, #39 Los Angeles Angels, #377 Baltimore Orioles, #247 New York Yankees
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More Detroit Tigers cards:
- #6 1962 American League E.R.A. Leaders
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- #10 1962 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #25 Al Kaline
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- #64 Dick McAuliffe
More Los Angeles Angels cards:
- #6 1962 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #17 Ryne Duren
- #33 Bo Belinsky
- #57 Billy Moran
- #98 George Thomas
- #114 Dan Osinski
More Baltimore Orioles cards:
- #6 1962 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #12 Steve Barber
- #19 Pete Burnside
- #41 Charlie Lau
- #65 Jackie Brandt
- #88 Ron Hansen
More New York Yankees cards:
- #2 1962 American League Batting Leaders
- #6 1962 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #8 1962 American League Pitching Leaders
- #10 1962 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #20 Tony Kubek
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #4 card?
It is card #4 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Harmon Killebrew, Norm Cash, Rocky Colavito, Leon Wagner, Jim Gentile and Roger Maris. 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.