1963 Topps #475 Gus Triandos
About Gus Triandos
Detroit got what it wanted in a hurry: Triandos homered on Opening Day, then split the catching with prospect Bill Freehan, batting .239 with 14 home runs and 41 RBIs in 106 games. He made one error in 565 chances behind the plate, the best fielding percentage among American League catchers. On September 14 he beat his old Baltimore club with the only walk-off homer of his career, off Robin Roberts in a ten-inning 3-2 win. Bob Scheffing, the manager who had wanted him, was fired in June and replaced by Chuck Dressen, and the Tigers finished 79-83, tied for fifth. Card #475 sits in the sixth series, a semi-high number.
Gus Triandos was a big, slow-footed, powerful catcher who played thirteen major league seasons from 1953 to 1965 with the Yankees, Orioles, Tigers, Phillies and Astros. Signed by the Yankees in 1948 out of San Francisco's Mission High School, he went to Baltimore in the seventeen-player swap of November 17, 1954, the largest two-team trade in major league history, played mostly first base for his first two Oriole seasons, and was the regular catcher by 1957. Under manager Paul Richards, who called him the best catcher in either league, he made the American League All-Star team in 1957, 1958 and 1959, and his 30 home runs in 1958 tied Yogi Berra's league record for catchers. That September he caught Hoyt Wilhelm's no-hitter and supplied the game's only run with a homer; Richards had an oversized mitt built to help him corral Wilhelm's knuckleball. He hit 142 home runs in eight Baltimore seasons, then caught Jim Bunning's 1964 perfect game as a Phillie to become the first catcher to handle no-hitters in both leagues. He stole exactly one base in 1,206 games and finished at .244 with 167 home runs and 608 RBIs. He later scouted for the Los Angeles Dodgers and joined the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 225 | 0 | 6 | 113 | 74 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #475 card?
It is card #475 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gus Triandos of the Detroit Tigers.
Why is #475 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.