1963 Topps #127 Bill Tuttle
About Bill Tuttle
Tuttle's last big-league season lasted six weeks and almost no baseball. He made the Twins' Opening Day roster at 33 but was kept for late-inning defense: 16 games, 14 of them in center field, not a single start, and only four trips to the plate. His final major league appearance came on May 11, Minnesota released him on May 21, and by June he had caught on with Seattle in the Pacific Coast League. His Topps card, number 127, is a second-series card. It was also the last card Topps ever issued for him, closing an eight-year Topps run.
Bill Tuttle was a durable, defense-minded outfielder who played 11 major league seasons for the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and Minnesota Twins, debuting in September 1952, spending 1953 back in the minors at Buffalo, and finishing in May 1963. A right-handed hitter and thrower out of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, he was rated one of the American League's most reliable center fielders: he led AL outfielders in putouts in 1955 and 1960 and in assists in 1959 and 1960, and led AL center fielders in assists in 1955, 1956 and 1958. Bradley put him in its athletics hall of fame in January 1954. Tuttle was a contact hitter rather than a power threat, batting .259 with 1,105 hits, 67 home runs and 443 RBIs in 1,270 games; his best years were 1955, when he set career highs of 102 runs, 14 homers and 78 RBIs, and 1959, when he hit .300. Diagnosed with oral cancer in 1993, decades after a Detroit teammate handed him his first chew in 1955, he spent his last years touring clubhouses and schools with Joe Garagiola to warn players and children against spit tobacco, and died in 1998 at 69.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 265 | 0 | 13 | 133 | 87 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #127 card?
It is card #127 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Tuttle of the Minnesota Twins.
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.
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