1963 Topps #312 Houston Colt .45's
About this card
The twenty team cards, one for every 1963 club, are the only horizontal fronts in the set. Every franchise has one, including the Houston Colt .45's, the Los Angeles Angels and the expansion Washington Senators.
The story on this card
Card 312 is the Houston Colt .45's team card in the 1963 Topps set, part of the fourth print series and reporting on the club's 1962 season, its first in the National League. Houston entered the league as an expansion club alongside the New York Mets, drafted its roster in the 1961 expansion draft, and played its home games at Colt Stadium. The Colt .45's finished the 1962 season 64-96-2, in eighth place among ten NL clubs, more than thirty-six games behind the pennant-winning San Francisco Giants. Pitcher Turk Farrell, the club's first All-Star, represented the young franchise at both 1962 All-Star Games. This is a plain team card, and its roster photo stands in for a single player, fitting the team-card subset Topps ran across its 1963 set.
Sources: Wikipedia (1962 Houston Colt .45s season) · Wikipedia (Turk Farrell)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 338 | 1 | 12 | 134 | 82 | 53 | 31 | 23 | 2 |
| SGC | 40 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 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 #312 card?
It is card #312 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Houston Colt .45's. The twenty team cards, one for every 1963 club, are the only horizontal fronts in the set. Every franchise has one, including the Houston Colt .45's, the Los Angeles Angels and the expansion Washington Senators.
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.