1963 Topps #263 Dave Stenhouse
About Dave Stenhouse
Card #263 lands in Topps' third series and shows Stenhouse in a Washington Senators cap a year after his All-Star summer. The back could only report what he had already done, since the season this card was sold into was still ahead of him. That 1963 campaign went the other way: 16 appearances, every one of them a start, a 3-9 record and a 4.55 ERA, with his workload falling from 197 innings to 87. His rookie card had come a year earlier, so this is simply his second Topps issue.
Dave Stenhouse was a right-handed pitcher born September 12, 1933, in Westerly, Rhode Island. A basketball and baseball standout at the University of Rhode Island, he signed with the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in June 1955, was taken out of the Cubs chain by Cincinnati in the December 1958 minor league draft, and climbed through Lafayette, Seattle and Jersey City. On December 15, 1961, Cincinnati traded him and catcher Bob Schmidt to the Washington Senators for Johnny Klippstein and Marty Keough. He debuted April 18, 1962, at 28, and went 11-12 with a 3.65 ERA over 197 innings as a rookie, earning a place on the American League All-Star squad in a summer when the majors staged two All-Star Games. He started the second of them, July 30 at Wrigley Field, and is credited as the first rookie to start a major league All-Star Game. His last big league game came October 4, 1964, and he finished 16-28 with a 4.14 ERA and 214 strikeouts in 76 games. He later coached at Rhode Island College and Brown University, and belongs to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, not the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He died November 11, 2023.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 246 | 0 | 16 | 129 | 75 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 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 #263 card?
It is card #263 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Stenhouse of the Washington Senators.
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.