1963 Topps #68 Friendly Foes
On this card: Duke Snider, Gil Hodges
Both men on this card are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Duke Snider was elected in 1980, and Gil Hodges joined him as a player with the class of 2022.
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 built card 68 of its 1963 set around an old Brooklyn friendship split across two dugouts: Duke Snider, still in Dodger blue, next to Gil Hodges, by then a New York Met. The two had anchored the Boys of Summer clubs together, so Friendly Foes fits a pair who spent years in the same lineup and now lined up on opposite sides. The Mets had claimed Hodges off the Los Angeles list in the 1961 expansion draft. The split did not last: Los Angeles sold Snider to New York on April 1, 1963, making them teammates again for a few weeks before Hodges played his last big league game on May 5.
Duke Snider - Brooklyn's center fielder and the Duke of Flatbush: five straight 40-homer seasons, eight All-Star teams, the only man with four home runs in two different World Series, and rings with the 1955 and 1959 Dodgers. Gil Hodges anchored the Dodgers' 1950s infield as an eight-time All-Star first baseman, then managed the 1969 'Miracle Mets' to a World Series title before his sudden death in 1972.
Sources: Wikipedia (Duke Snider) · Wikipedia (Gil Hodges) · SABR BioProject (Duke Snider) · SABR BioProject (Gil Hodges) · National Baseball Hall of Fame
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,000 | 1 | 10 | 177 | 308 | 238 | 134 | 130 | 2 |
| SGC | 185 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 41 | 42 | 46 | 38 | 2 |
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 #68 card?
It is card #68 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Duke Snider and Gil Hodges. 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.