1963 Topps #550 Duke Snider
About Duke Snider
Two cards. First-series #68, Friendly Foes, is a combination card shared with Gil Hodges and listed with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets; Hodges was elected to Cooperstown in 2022, so it now pairs two Hall of Famers. Seventh-series #550 is a high number. Sold to the Mets for $40,000 on April 1, 1963, Snider played 129 games, hit his 400th home run June 14 off Bob Purkey, and made his eighth and final All-Star team.
Edwin Donald Snider was called Duke from boyhood, after his father watched him strut about like royalty, and Brooklyn turned that into the Duke of Flatbush. He debuted for the Dodgers in April 1947, two days after Jackie Robinson, and by 1949 owned center field in a lineup that also carried Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella and Gil Hodges. New York spent a decade arguing over Snider, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. His answer was five straight 40-homer seasons from 1953 through 1957, more home runs and more RBI than any other player hit or drove in during the 1950s, the National League RBI title in 1955, the home run crown in 1956, and eight All-Star selections. He was MVP runner-up in 1955, the year Brooklyn beat the Yankees for its only World Series title, and he remains the only man to hit four home runs in two different World Series. A second ring came with Los Angeles in 1959. He finished at .295 with 2,116 hits, 1,259 runs, 407 home runs and 1,333 RBI, and hit 19 home runs off Robin Roberts, more than any batter has taken off one pitcher. The Dodgers retired his number 4 in 1980, the year Cooperstown called.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,239 | 0 | 26 | 294 | 411 | 244 | 118 | 139 | 7 |
| SGC | 310 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 79 | 66 | 66 | 63 | 9 |
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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Related cards
More Duke Snider in this set: #68 Combo
Team card: #473 New York Mets
More New York Mets cards:
- #27 Choo Choo Coleman
- #43 Veteran Masters
- #59 Craig Anderson
- #68 Friendly Foes
- #78 Marv Throneberry
- #93 Galen Cisco
- #107 Jim Hickman
- #111 Al Jackson
- #135 Richie Ashburn
- #174 Larry Burright
- #197 Roger Craig
- #217 Joe Christopher
- #228 1963 Rookie Stars
- #233 Casey Stengel
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #550 card?
It is card #550 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Duke Snider of the New York Mets.
Why is #550 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.