1963 Topps #173 Bomber's Best
On this card: Tom Tresh, Mickey Mantle, Bobby Richardson
Some references note a printing difference on this card - a bat knob visible between Mantle's legs on some copies and not on others - that PSA does not split; this checklist tracks one card.
About this card
This is one of the eleven combination cards in the 1963 Topps set (#18, 43, 68, 138, 173, 218, 242, 306, 331, 392, 412), each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
Topps ran a handful of combination cards through the 1963 set, and #173 is the Yankee one: Tom Tresh, Mickey Mantle and Bobby Richardson posed together, bats crossed. The banner reads Bomber's Best, a nod to the Bronx Bombers, and off the 1962 season these three were the club's best - the American League Rookie of the Year, the American League Most Valuable Player, and the second baseman who caught Willie McCovey's line drive for the final out of the World Series, won by New York over San Francisco in seven games. It is a second-series card. One checklist catalogues a printing difference - a bat knob visible between Mantle's legs on some copies and not on others - but PSA does not split it, so this checklist tracks a single card.
Tom Tresh was the Yankees' switch-hitting jack-of-all-trades: the 1962 American League Rookie of the Year at shortstop, the man whose eighth-inning homer turned Game Five that October, and a Gold Glove outfielder who later took turns at third base and back at short. 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. Bobby Richardson - Yankees second baseman from 1955 to 1966, a five-time Gold Glove winner and eight-time All-Star who hit atop the lineup, almost never struck out, and saved his best work for October.
Sources: Wikipedia (Tom Tresh) · Wikipedia (Mickey Mantle) · Wikipedia (Bobby Richardson) · SABR BioProject (Tom Tresh) · SABR BioProject (Mickey Mantle) · SABR BioProject (Bobby Richardson)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 4,913 | 0 | 17 | 238 | 743 | 1,149 | 959 | 1,789 | 18 |
| SGC | 2,027 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 146 | 267 | 480 | 1,044 | 60 |
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 #173 card?
It is card #173 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tom Tresh, Mickey Mantle and Bobby Richardson. This is one of the eleven combination cards in the 1963 Topps set (#18, 43, 68, 138, 173, 218, 242, 306, 331, 392, 412), each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
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.