1963 Topps #412 Dodgers' Big Three
On this card: Johnny Podres, Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax
About this card
This is one of the eleven combination cards in the 1963 Topps set (#18, 43, 68, 138, 173, 218, 242, 306, 331, 392, 412), each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
Topps called card 412 the Dodgers' Big Three and put Johnny Podres, Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax on one card, a lefty-righty-lefty trio of Los Angeles starters. The 1962 season behind them explains the salute: the Dodgers won 102 games, a Los Angeles club record at the time, but dropped a three-game tiebreaker to the Giants, and Drysdale took the Cy Young Award, which in those years was one honor covering both leagues. Podres had started the 1962 opener; Koufax had thrown a no-hitter on June 30. The card sits in the set's fifth print series.
Brooklyn's unlikeliest Game 7 starter, Podres shut out the Yankees 2-0 in 1955 for the only title the borough ever won and the first World Series MVP award, then pitched on to four rings, four All-Star teams and 148 wins. Don Drysdale was the Dodgers' intimidating right-hander for 14 seasons, the 1962 Cy Young winner and a three-time World Series champion who in 1968 ran off six straight shutouts and a record 58 2/3 scoreless innings. Sandy Koufax was the Dodgers' left-hander nicknamed 'the Left Arm of God,' whose five-year run of dominance from 1962 to 1966 brought three unanimous Cy Young Awards and four no-hitters, including a perfect game, before an arthritic elbow forced his retirement at 30.
Sources: Wikipedia (Don Drysdale) · Wikipedia (Johnny Podres) · Wikipedia (Sandy Koufax) · SABR BioProject (Johnny Podres) · SABR BioProject (Don Drysdale) · SABR BioProject (Sandy Koufax) · National Baseball Hall of Fame
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,332 | 1 | 20 | 219 | 329 | 329 | 176 | 253 | 5 |
| SGC | 408 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 66 | 80 | 109 | 115 | 12 |
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 #412 card?
It is card #412 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Podres, Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax. This is one of the eleven combination cards in the 1963 Topps set (#18, 43, 68, 138, 173, 218, 242, 306, 331, 392, 412), each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
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.