1963 Topps #396 Joe Koppe
About Joe Koppe
Card #396 belongs to the fifth series of 1963 Topps, a middle-of-the-run number. Behind it lies the fullest season Koppe ever had: 128 games in 1962, a career high, with 118 of them at shortstop and only a scattering at second and third. He hit just .227, but 73 walks - also a career best - lifted his on-base percentage to .352, a 125-point gap that says more about his value to the Angels than the batting average does. He added 16 doubles and 40 RBI.
Joseph Koppe, born Joseph Kopchia in Detroit, Michigan, on October 19, 1930, was a right-handed-hitting shortstop who spent eight major-league seasons with the Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and Los Angeles/California Angels. He debuted for the Braves on August 9, 1958 and got into 16 games; Milwaukee won the National League pennant that fall, but he never appeared in the World Series. On March 31, 1959 the Braves shipped him to Philadelphia with Gene Conley and Harry Hanebrink for Johnny O'Brien, Ted Kazanski, and Stan Lopata, and he answered with the best year of his life - .261 in 126 games, 18 doubles, seven triples that ranked eighth in the league, seven home runs, 68 runs scored - and a place on the 1959 Topps All-Star Rookie Team. A wrist injury and a burst of transactions moved him out of Philadelphia in 1961 and into an Angels uniform for five seasons, where he played shortstop, second base, and third base. He retired with a .236 average, 19 home runs, and 141 RBI in 578 games, and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on September 27, 2006.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 341 | 0 | 37 | 211 | 73 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 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 #396 card?
It is card #396 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Koppe of the Los Angeles Angels.
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.