1963 Topps #38 Bud Daley
The card gives his birthdate as October 7, 1933; he was born October 7, 1932.
Uncorrected error: The back says born 10/7/1933; his birth date is 10/7/1932.
About Bud Daley
Collectors pulling this first-series card in the spring of 1963 had no way to know it pictured a season that lasted one inning. Daley relieved Jim Bouton in the ninth at Kansas City on April 10, gave up two hits and a sacrifice fly in a 5-3 Yankee win, and then an arm injury shelved him for the rest of the year. That single appearance - one inning, no runs, a save - was his whole 1963 record. The Yankees survived the inning only because they turned a rare shortstop-to-second-to-third double play behind him.
Leavitt Leo "Bud" Daley was a left-handed pitcher who worked parts of ten big-league seasons between 1955 and 1964 for Cleveland, the Kansas City Athletics and the New York Yankees. Born in Orange, California, on October 7, 1932, he grew up in the hills outside San Diego and never played an organized game until he reached Woodrow Wilson High in Long Beach. A birth injury left his right arm an inch shorter than his left and impossible to straighten, so he fielded almost everything backhand. He threw a knuckleball and curves at two speeds, and he chose Cleveland from a crowd of interested clubs because Indians star Bob Lemon was a fellow Wilson graduate. Traded to Baltimore and flipped to Kansas City within three weeks in 1958, he moved into the rotation and won 16 games in both 1959 and 1960, earning All-Star honors in each season. Kansas City sent him to New York in June 1961, and he finished the clinching Game Five of that year's World Series against Cincinnati as the winning pitcher. He died in Riverton, Wyoming, in 2024 at 92.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 331 | 0 | 24 | 158 | 105 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 27 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 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 #38 card?
It is card #38 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bud Daley of the New York Yankees.
Does 1963 Topps #38 have an error?
The back says born 10/7/1933; his birth date is 10/7/1932. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #38 reads the same way.
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.