1963 Topps #326 Hank Foiles
About Hank Foiles
Card #326 arrived in the fourth series with Foiles shown as a Red, and his 1963 in Cincinnati amounted to one start behind the plate, caught start to finish, with three at-bats and no hits. The Reds released him on May 26 and the Los Angeles Angels signed him the same day, turning the rest of the year into 41 games in an Angels uniform, .214 with 4 home runs and 10 RBIs. Among his 1960s Topps cards this is the one that shows him in a National League uniform. It is an ordinary fourth-series number.
Henry Lee Foiles Jr. (1929-2024) was a right-handed catcher from Richmond, Virginia, raised in Norfolk, where he starred in football and baseball at Granby High School. Signed by the New York Yankees in November 1947, he was taken by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1951 Rule 5 draft and debuted in the majors in April 1953. After bouncing between Cincinnati, the Cleveland Indians and the minor leagues, he landed in Pittsburgh in a May 1956 trade for Preston Ward, and his arm and glove made him one of the National League's better defensive catchers. His finest season came in 1957, when he hit .270 with 9 home runs and 36 RBIs and was picked for the National League All-Star team, singling as a pinch hitter and scoring in the ninth inning of a 6-5 loss. He caught more than 100 games again in 1958 before Smoky Burgess took the job in 1959. Then came the churn: 1960 alone sent him from Kansas City to Pittsburgh to Cleveland to Detroit. He closed an eleven-year career in 1964 with a .243 average, 46 home runs and a .986 fielding mark, is credited as the first big leaguer to play in contact lenses, and was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 174 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 53 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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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Team card: #63 Cincinnati Reds
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #326 card?
It is card #326 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hank Foiles of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.