1963 Topps #482 Felix Torres
About Felix Torres
Torres turned 31 in 1963 with tired legs, the bill for playing nearly year-round between Angels summers and Puerto Rican winters, yet he carried the heaviest workload of his career: 138 games, 122 of them at third base, and a career-high 121 hits at .261. The power drained away to 4 home runs, and umpire Joe Paparella cost him a fifth on June 16 at Minnesota by calling a long drive a ground-rule double. He drove in 51 runs, and his 32 doubles finished third in the American League. Topps card #482 carries the Los Angeles Angels and sits in the sixth series, a semi-high number. His rookie card had come a year earlier.
Felix Torres Sanchez, born May 1, 1932, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was a right-handed-hitting third baseman signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs organization ahead of the 1955 season. He hit well in Class D ball that summer but lasted only six games at Savannah in 1956 before walking away from the American minors; later accounts point to the language barrier and the racism he met in the South. He rebuilt himself in Puerto Rican winter ball, tying for the home run lead at the 1960 Caribbean Series with three, then returned to the Cincinnati chain in 1960 with the Havana Sugar Kings. A 1961 season in the Philadelphia Phillies system at Buffalo brought no call-up, so the Los Angeles Angels claimed him in the 1961 Rule 5 draft. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 165 pounds, he was the Angels' regular third baseman in 1962 and 1963, then shared the position with Vic Power in 1964, finishing at .254 with 27 home runs and 153 RBI, all in an Angels uniform. Home kept him longest: he played 17 seasons in the Puerto Rican Winter League and entered the Ponce Sports Immortals Gallery in 1985. He died August 8, 2025, in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, at 93.
Sources: Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 335 | 3 | 62 | 158 | 89 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 27 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 #482 card?
It is card #482 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Felix Torres of the Los Angeles Angels.
Why is #482 harder to find?
It is a semi-high card from the sixth print series, #447-511 - the run where the set's short prints sit. Scarcer than series 1-5, easier than series 7.
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.