1963 Topps #314 John Goryl
About John Goryl
Card #314 belongs to the 1963 Topps set's fourth series, a straight base-run number. The season it carries became the best Goryl ever had: a .287 average with nine home runs and 24 RBIs in 64 games, backed by a .353 on-base percentage. He started 33 of his 34 games at second base for the Twins and picked up spot duty at third base and shortstop.
John Albert Goryl was born October 21, 1933, in Cumberland, Rhode Island, and signed with the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1951. A right-handed infielder listed at 5-foot-10 and 175 pounds, he spent seven full seasons in the minors, passing through the Braves, Baltimore and Chicago Cubs chains, before debuting with the Cubs on September 20, 1957. He played 117 games over three seasons in Chicago (1957-59), mostly at second and third base, then was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 8, 1960, going west alongside Ron Perranoski, Lee Handley and $25,000 in the deal that brought Don Zimmer to Chicago. Two more years in the minors followed until Minnesota selected him from the Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft in November 1961, and he finished his playing days with the Twins in 1964. In all he batted .225 with 134 hits, 16 home runs and 48 RBIs in 276 big-league games. He later managed in the Twins farm system and coached third base for them, replacing Gene Mauch as Minnesota manager in August 1980 and finishing 34-38 as a big-league skipper. Decades of coaching and player-development work with Cleveland followed; he won the Mike Coolbaugh Award in 2012 and was elected to the Cleveland Guardians Distinguished Hall of Fame in 2024.
Sources: Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 171 | 0 | 9 | 73 | 66 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 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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Team card: #162 Minnesota Twins
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #314 card?
It is card #314 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing John Goryl of the Minnesota Twins.
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.