1963 Topps #275 Ed Mathews
About Ed Mathews
Card 275 sits in the third print series and reports a 1962 Mathews finished hurt: .265 with 29 home runs and 90 RBI over 152 games. Swinging at a high pitch from Houston's Dick Farrell that summer, he tore ligaments in his right shoulder, and the 29 homers ended a nine-season run of 30 or more. He was never quite the same hitter after it. The year also brought his first seven games at first base, the opening of a late-career move across the diamond. Milwaukee finished fifth at 86-76.
Edwin Lee Mathews was born in Texarkana, Texas, raised in Santa Barbara, California, and signed with the Boston Braves for a $6,000 bonus minutes after his 1949 high school graduation. He beat out Bob Elliott for the third-base job in 1952 and hit 25 homers as a 20-year-old rookie. The club moved to Milwaukee in 1953 and he became the new city's first baseball hero, batting .302 with career highs of 47 home runs and 135 RBI; he cleared 30 homers in nine straight seasons. He led the National League in home runs in 1953 and 1959, finished second in the MVP voting both years, was an All-Star in nine seasons and made the cover of the first Sports Illustrated. His tenth-inning homer won Game Four of the 1957 World Series and the Braves took the Yankees in seven. He and Hank Aaron combined for 863 home runs as teammates, the most by any pair in history, and he is the only man to play for the Braves in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta. Dealt to Houston after 1966, he became the seventh player to reach 500 home runs, then closed out with the 1968 world champion Tigers, retiring with 512 homers and 2,315 hits. Cooperstown elected him in 1978, on his fifth ballot; he later managed Atlanta.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,540 | 1 | 29 | 340 | 429 | 344 | 180 | 213 | 4 |
| SGC | 459 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 103 | 108 | 103 | 87 | 13 |
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 #275 card?
It is card #275 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Mathews of the Milwaukee Braves.
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.