1963 Topps #107 Jim Hickman
About Jim Hickman
Card #107 is Hickman's first solo Topps issue, a first-series card reporting his 1962 rookie year with the original Mets: a .245 average, 13 home runs and 46 RBI. Only Frank Thomas, with 34, and Marv Throneberry, with 16, out-homered him on that first-year club. Casey Stengel stretched him further in 1963, running him out at third base for 59 games on top of the outfield work. He was 25 that rookie summer and wearing number 9, the first man in Mets history to be issued it - a small distinction, but the sort of thing that clings to a player who was there at the start.
James Lucius Hickman, an outfielder and first baseman known as "Gentleman Jim," was born May 10, 1937, in Henning, Tennessee, and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals before the 1956 season. Six years in their farm system later, the expansion New York Mets claimed him with their 18th selection in the October 10, 1961, expansion draft, out of the $50,000 price tier. He spent five seasons in New York before trades took him to Los Angeles and then, in April 1968, to Chicago. At 33 he put together his career year for the 1970 Cubs: .315 with 32 home runs and 115 RBI, his only All-Star selection, and The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year award, the first won by a Cub. His 12th-inning single at Riverfront Stadium scored Pete Rose with the winning run in that All-Star Game. St. Louis waived him in July 1974, closing a 13-year career at .252 with 159 home runs and 560 RBI in 1,421 games. He spent two decades as a Cincinnati Reds minor-league hitting instructor, entered the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1996, and died June 25, 2016, in Jackson, Tennessee.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 287 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 117 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #107 card?
It is card #107 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Hickman of the New York Mets.
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.