1963 Topps #418 Johnny Orsino
About Johnny Orsino
Card #418 in the fifth series of 1963 Topps is the first to show Orsino in a Baltimore uniform. The Orioles had landed him on December 15, 1962, sending Jack Fisher, Billy Hoeft and Jimmie Coker to San Francisco for Orsino, Stu Miller and Mike McCormick. The season behind the picture was a thin one. The Army did not release him until midseason, Tom Haller and Ed Bailey had the Giants' catching settled by the time he returned, and he played just 18 games and batted .271 with no home runs before taking a single at-bat in the World Series.
John Joseph Orsino (April 22, 1938 - November 1, 2016) was a 6-foot-3, 215-pound right-handed catcher, born in Teaneck, New Jersey and raised in nearby Fort Lee, where he played ball at Fort Lee High School. The New York Giants signed him as an amateur free agent in 1957, and he climbed the farm system, hitting .296 with 21 home runs for Double-A Rio Grande Valley in 1960. He reached the San Francisco Giants on July 14, 1961, then lost much of 1962 to Army duty he was called into after the Berlin crisis, getting back in time for a single at-bat in a World Series the Yankees took from the Giants in seven games. Traded to Baltimore that December, Orsino had his finest season in 1963, then fought a broken hand, a weakening throwing arm and finally an elbow that would not heal after a 1965 trade to Washington. He left the majors with 252 hits, 40 home runs and 123 RBIs and a .249 average in 332 games, and played his last professional season in the minors in 1969. He later coached baseball at Fairleigh Dickinson University, managed in the Cleveland farm system, and coached Florida Atlantic University's men's golf team.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 1 | 18 | 122 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 #418 card?
It is card #418 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Orsino of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.