1963 Topps #484 Dale Long
Card #484 is a short print in the 1963 set, printed in smaller numbers than the cards around it.
About Dale Long
Long is back in pinstripes here, following the July 1962 trade out of Washington. Card #484 belongs to the 1963 set's sixth series, a semi-high number; collectors know #484 as a short print, scarcer than the cards around it. He barely played to earn it: 14 games, 15 at-bats, three hits, no RBIs, his last big-league appearance coming July 18. The Yankees released him August 2 and kept him on as a bullpen coach.
Richard Dale Long was born February 6, 1926, in Springfield, Missouri, and grew up in Wisconsin and western Massachusetts before a wartime U.S. Navy hitch that a noncombat injury cut short in May 1944. A left-handed first baseman listed at 6-foot-4, Long was the property of six big-league clubs and, after a 1951 cup of coffee with the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns, waited three and a half more years for a steady job. He got it in Pittsburgh in 1955. The following May he homered in eight consecutive games, a major-league record later matched but never broken, and that summer he started the All-Star Game at first base for the National League. Long later played for the Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Washington Senators, and in 1958 he became the majors' first left-handed-throwing catcher since 1902. He won a World Series ring with the 1962 Yankees and finished ten big-league seasons at .267 with 132 home runs and 467 RBIs. After his playing career ended in 1964 he umpired in the minors, sold sporting goods and pharmaceuticals, ran a tavern, and supervised nuclear-submarine work before returning to baseball in the mid-1980s as a field representative for the National Association. He died of cancer on January 27, 1991, in Palm Coast, Florida.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 331 | 0 | 7 | 110 | 141 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 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 #484 card?
It is card #484 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dale Long of the New York Yankees.
Why is #484 harder to find?
It is a semi-high card from the sixth print series, #447-511 - the run where the set's short prints sit. Scarcer than series 1-5, easier than series 7. It is also a short print card. Four sixth-series cards - #470 Tom Tresh, #484 Dale Long, #495 Frank Thomas and #500 Harmon Killebrew - were printed in smaller quantity than their neighbours and carry a premium.
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.