1963 Topps #57 Billy Moran
About Billy Moran
Card #57, from Topps' first series, pictures Moran with the Los Angeles Angels. Following his All-Star summer, Moran started 150 games at second base in 1963 and batted .275 with seven home runs and 65 RBIs, cutting his strikeouts from 80 the year before to 57. His 352 putouts and 455 assists both led American League second basemen, though his 22 errors led the league as well. The Angels slid to 70-91, and it proved to be his last season as a big-league regular.
William Nelson Moran, born November 27, 1933 in Montgomery, Alabama, was a right-handed-hitting second baseman who spent seven seasons in the majors with the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels. An only child, he learned the game from his semipro-pitcher father, and after the family moved to Atlanta he signed with Cleveland scout Joe Sewell out of Russell High School in East Point, Georgia, in 1952. Four minor-league seasons and two years of Army duty at Fort McPherson later, he debuted with the Indians on Opening Day 1958, singling in his first plate appearance. Cleveland sold him to the Triple-A Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League in 1960, and Toronto traded him to the expansion Angels in June 1961 for Ken Hamlin and Russ Heman. He became the club's regular second baseman in 1962, an All-Star season in which the young franchise finished third at 86-76. He stayed a mainstay of the Angels' infield through 1963 before losing the job to a rookie in 1964 and finishing up as a utility infielder back in Cleveland. He batted .263 for his career with 28 home runs and 202 RBIs over 634 games. He died October 21, 2021, at 87, in Fort Myers, Florida.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 320 | 1 | 19 | 202 | 78 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 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 #57 card?
It is card #57 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Billy Moran of the Los Angeles Angels.
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.