1963 Topps #201 Cecil Butler
About Cecil Butler
Card 201 is another third-series number. It reached collectors while Butler was back in the International League with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Braves Triple-A club, working 19 games with six starts and going 2-4 with a 6.43 ERA over 42 innings. Toronto finished 76-75 under Bill Adair and lost four straight to Atlanta in the playoffs.
Cecil Dean "Slewfoot" Butler, born October 23, 1937 in Dallas, Georgia, was a 6-foot-4 right-handed pitcher who spent his entire professional career - nine seasons, 1957 through 1965 - inside the Milwaukee Braves organization. Newspapers rated his fastball among the best in the system, and manager Birdie Tebbetts pegged him in early 1962 as the reliever the Braves had been hunting for. He won a big-league roster spot out of spring training that year, debuted on April 23, and took both of his career decisions in the weeks that followed. Then a severe elbow injury suffered after a May 19 start left him slow to recover and effectively ended the climb: two more appearances in 1962, a full year back in the minors, two ineffective outings in July 1964, and retirement after the 1965 season. He finished 2-0 with a 3.31 ERA, 33 hits and nine walks allowed and 24 strikeouts across 35 1/3 innings in 11 games. He worked as a painting contractor for roughly 40 years afterward and died at his home in Dallas, Georgia, on October 2, 2019.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 254 | 0 | 13 | 131 | 83 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 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 #201 card?
It is card #201 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Cecil Butler of the Milwaukee Braves.
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.