1963 Topps #514 Larry Osborne
About Larry Osborne
Washington got Osborne from Detroit on March 23, 1963, straight up for outfielder Wayne Comer, and Topps listed him with the Senators on #514, a high number in the set's seventh series. The trade finally handed him an everyday job: 125 games, 358 at-bats and 81 games at first base for a club that lost 106 and finished last. He hit only .212, but 12 of his 17 career home runs came that year, among them two in one game at Detroit on May 2, off Frank Lary and Bob Anderson. It was his final big-league season; he played his last game on September 24.
Larry Sidney Osborne, born October 12, 1935 in Chattahoochee, Georgia, played six seasons in the majors for the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators between 1957 and 1963, mostly at first base and third base. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, standing 6-foot-1 and 205 pounds. His father, Tiny Osborne, pitched in the majors in the 1920s. Larry graduated from West Fulton High School in Atlanta in 1953, passed up a football scholarship from Auburn and signed with Detroit that June. He appeared in five seasons for the Tigers and one for Washington, 359 games in all, batting .206 with 17 home runs and 86 runs batted in. His best professional season came in between: in 1960 he spent the full year with the Triple-A Denver Bears and won the American Association Triple Crown, hitting .342 with 34 home runs and tying teammate Steve Boros for the RBI lead at 119; he beat Carl Yastrzemski for the batting title by three points and was the writers' unanimous All-Star first baseman. After 1963 he played six more minor league seasons through 1969, then scouted for the San Francisco Giants out of Woodstock, Georgia. He died there on April 15, 2011, at 75. He is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame member.
Sources: Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 240 | 0 | 16 | 120 | 73 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 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 #514 card?
It is card #514 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Osborne of the Washington Senators.
Why is #514 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #512-576 - the last and scarcest run in the set. Price guides often band the highs as #523-576, but the printing break falls between #511 and #512.
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.