1963 Topps #434 Johnny Callison
About Johnny Callison
The season this card was issued in put Callison on the map twice over. On June 27, 1963 he hit for the cycle against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and he finished the year at .284 with 36 doubles, 11 triples, 26 home runs and 78 RBI for a Phillies club that went 87-75 and placed fourth. In the field he made two errors in 156 games in right, topping National League right fielders in fielding average, and led the league in outfield assists for a second straight year. Card #434 belongs to the fifth print series.
Johnny Callison batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and spent sixteen major league seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees. The White Sox signed him out of East Bakersfield High School in 1957 and recalled him in September 1958, then traded him to Philadelphia in December 1959 for third baseman Gene Freese, the deal that made his career. Ten Phillies seasons followed, and from 1962 through 1966 he was the idol of the city and its most popular player. He hit an even .300 in 1962, led the National League in triples in 1962 and 1965 and in doubles in 1966, earned All-Star selections in three seasons, and, with one of the decade's great throwing arms, topped the league in outfield assists four years running. His signature moment came on July 7, 1964, at Shea Stadium, where a ninth-inning three-run homer off Dick Radatz won the All-Star Game and made him its MVP; that fall he finished second to Ken Boyer for the NL Most Valuable Player award as the Phillies collapsed down the stretch. He retired with a .264 average, 226 home runs, 1,757 hits and 159 outfield assists, and was named to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 1997 and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 281 | 0 | 16 | 138 | 77 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 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 #434 card?
It is card #434 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Callison of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.