1963 Topps #526 Dick Hall
About Dick Hall
Stu Miller was the bullpen ace now, and Hall covered everything ahead of him: 47 games, three of them starts, 111 2/3 innings, a 2.98 ERA, five wins and 12 saves. His signature stretch ran from July 24 to August 17, when he retired 28 hitters in a row and joked afterward that his first perfect game had taken 25 days to finish. Card #526 is a high number from the seventh print series, the scarce tail of the 1963 set and the hardest of his 1960s Topps cards to track down.
Richard Wallace Hall was born September 27, 1930, in St. Louis, grew up mostly in New Jersey and around Baltimore, and left Swarthmore College with an economics degree and eleven letters in five sports. Branch Rickey signed him as a hitter, and Hall broke in as a Pittsburgh outfielder in 1952; handed a regular outfield job in 1954, he batted .239, and in 1955 he began the move to the mound, pitching only from 1957 on. He hurt his arm on a knuckleball Rickey had suggested, and the sore arm plus a bout of hepatitis cost him most of 1957 and all of 1958, but he returned to win the 1959 Pacific Coast League MVP award. Traded to Kansas City that December and to Baltimore in April 1961, the 6-foot-6 right-hander turned into one of the game's great control artists, nicknamed Turkey for his odd pitching motion. He was an Oriole through 1966, a Phillie in 1967 and 1968, and an Oriole again from 1969 through 1971, a World Series winner in 1966, when a bad elbow kept him out of the games, and in 1970, when he saved Game Two. A working accountant and CPA, Hall joined the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 1989 and died in 2023 at 92.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 170 | 0 | 8 | 73 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 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 #526 card?
It is card #526 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Hall of the Baltimore Orioles.
Why is #526 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #512-576 - the last and scarcest run in the set. Price guides often band the highs as #523-576, but the printing break falls between #511 and #512.
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.