1963 Topps #322 Bob Turley
About Bob Turley
1963 Topps #322 is a fourth-series card. It catches Turley on a new team: the Yankees sold him to the Los Angeles Angels for cash in October 1962, a conditional deal the Angels could have unwound before Opening Day. They kept him, and he went 2-7 with a 3.30 ERA before a July release. The back recaps 1962, when bone chips came back and left him 3-3 with a 4.57 ERA in 69 innings. That June he started the 22-inning, seven-hour marathon against Detroit, then the longest game by the clock in major league history, and was gone after one out.
Bob Turley threw as hard as anyone in the 1950s and walked more men than almost anyone. The St. Louis Browns signed him out of East St. Louis Senior High School in June 1948; after an Army hitch that cost him 1952 and most of 1953, he moved with the franchise to Baltimore, pitched the first Orioles game at Memorial Stadium, and led the American League with 185 strikeouts - and 181 walks - in 1954. That November he was the centerpiece of a 17-player swap with the New York Yankees, still the largest trade in major league history. A no-windup delivery sharpened his control, and 1958 was the season of his life: 21-7, the league lead in wins, two World Series wins over Milwaukee and the Series MVP award, the Cy Young Award and the Hickok Belt. Elbow trouble and bone chips followed. A three-time All-Star, he finished 101-85 in 1963 with the Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox, then went into insurance and financial planning, co-founding the firm that became Primerica.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 248 | 0 | 17 | 122 | 72 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 #322 card?
It is card #322 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Turley 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.