1963 Topps #405 Floyd Robinson
About Floyd Robinson
The 1963 set carries Robinson twice on the strength of his best season. Card #2, the series-1 '1962 American League Batting Leaders,' puts his .312 third behind Pete Runnels at .326 and Mickey Mantle at .321, ahead of Chuck Hinton and Norm Siebern; card #405 is his series-5 solo issue. That summer he also drove in 109 runs, fourth in the league, led the American League with 45 doubles, and went 6-for-6, all singles, in a nine-inning game at Boston on July 22.
Floyd Robinson, a left-handed-hitting outfielder, signed with the Pacific Coast League's San Diego Padres out of San Diego High School in 1954 for a reported $500 bonus. After two years in the Marine Corps he was discharged in March 1960, and the Chicago White Sox took him through their San Diego working agreement; he debuted that August 10. Robinson spent seven seasons in Chicago, hit over .300 three times and tied for third in the 1961 American League Rookie of the Year vote. His best came in 1962: a .312 average, 109 RBI and a league-leading 45 doubles. Chicago traded him to Cincinnati for Jim O'Toole in December 1966; Oakland got him the following November, and Boston bought his contract in July 1968, his final season. He retired at .283 with 929 hits and 67 home runs in nine years, then ran a liquor store, built low-income senior housing and started the Floyd Robinson Foundation in 2007 to fund college grants for San Diego County graduates. San Diego's Breitbard Hall of Fame inducted him in 2009.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 365 | 2 | 45 | 212 | 79 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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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Related cards
More Floyd Robinson in this set: #2 League Leaders
Team card: #288 Chicago White Sox
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #2 1962 American League Batting Leaders
- #6 1962 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #8 1962 American League Pitching Leaders
- #10 1962 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #16 Al Smith
- #35 John Buzhardt
- #54 1963 Rookie Stars
- #66 Mike Joyce
- #86 Charley Maxwell
- #100 Joe Cunningham
- #118 Sherm Lollar
- #160 Juan Pizarro
- #181 Sammy Esposito
- #223 Eddie Fisher
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #405 card?
It is card #405 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Floyd Robinson of the Chicago White Sox.
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.