1963 Topps #397 Kansas City Athletics
About this card
The twenty team cards, one for every 1963 club, are the only horizontal fronts in the set. Every franchise has one, including the Houston Colt .45's, the Los Angeles Angels and the expansion Washington Senators.
The story on this card
Card 397, from the 1963 Topps fifth series, is the Kansas City Athletics team card - a full-squad photo backed by the club's story, not any one player's. It reports the 1962 season, the club's eighth in Kansas City: a ninth-place finish in the American League at 72-90, twenty-four games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees, and last in the league at the gate. Charles O. Finley owned the club; Hank Bauer managed it from Municipal Stadium. That roster mixed veterans like catcher Haywood Sullivan and infielder Dick Howser with young arms such as Diego Segui, John Wyatt and Orlando Pena, plus infielder Ed Charles, acquired from Milwaukee that prior winter, now the regular third baseman. No Hall of Famer sat on the roster; the card is a rebuilding second-division club still years from contention.
Sources: Wikipedia (1962 Kansas City Athletics season) · Wikipedia (Ed Charles)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 287 | 0 | 13 | 143 | 82 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #397 card?
It is card #397 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Kansas City Athletics. The twenty team cards, one for every 1963 club, are the only horizontal fronts in the set. Every franchise has one, including the Houston Colt .45's, the Los Angeles Angels and the expansion Washington Senators.
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.