1963 Topps #347 Joe Torre
About Joe Torre
Card #347 is a fourth-series print. It reports the one step backward in Torre's climb: 1962, when a healthy Del Crandall reclaimed the starting job and Torre got into only 80 games, batting .282 with 5 home runs and 26 RBI. Crandall also stayed on as the personal catcher for Braves ace Warren Spahn, so the best starts were not Torre's to take. The card reached the counter during the 1963 season in which Torre finally took the job for himself.
Joseph Paul Torre Jr., born July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, was signed off the city's sandlots by the Milwaukee Braves in 1959, following his older brother Frank into the organization. He reached the majors on September 25, 1960 and spent nine seasons with the Braves in Milwaukee and Atlanta, catching, hitting, and making the National League All-Star team five years running from 1963 through 1967. Six seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals followed, and once they moved him out from behind the plate he put together the year of his life: in 1971 he led the major leagues in batting at .363, in hits with 230 and in runs batted in with 137, and was named National League Most Valuable Player. Torre finished 18 seasons with a .297 average, 2,342 hits, 252 home runs and 1,185 RBI, the last of them taken as player-manager of the New York Mets in 1977. He then managed for 29 seasons, winning four World Series titles with the New York Yankees between 1996 and 2000 and retiring fifth all-time with 2,326 wins, the only man to collect 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manager. The Expansion Era Committee elected him unanimously to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 576 | 0 | 10 | 155 | 188 | 116 | 47 | 60 | 0 |
| SGC | 83 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 2 |
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 #347 card?
It is card #347 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Torre of the Milwaukee Braves.
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.