1963 Topps #525 Nellie Fox
About Nellie Fox
1963 Topps #525 is a seventh-series card, a high number from the toughest end of the set, and the last Topps card to show Fox as a member of the Chicago White Sox. He had fourteen Chicago seasons behind him by then. He hit .260 in 137 games in 1963, led American League second basemen in fielding average again, and was picked for his twelfth and final All-Star team as the Sox climbed back to second place. On December 10 Chicago traded him to the Houston Colt .45s for pitcher Jim Golden, outfielder Danny Murphy and cash.
Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox (1927-1975) was the slick-fielding second baseman at the heart of the Chicago White Sox's "Go-Go" era. Born on Christmas Day in St. Thomas, Pennsylvania, the son of a carpenter who played town ball, Fox signed with the Philadelphia Athletics at sixteen in 1944 and came to Chicago after the 1949 season in a trade for catcher Joe Tipton. Listed at 5-foot-9 and 150 pounds, he choked up on a thick-handled bottle bat and struck out just 216 times in his career, the third-hardest man to fan in major-league history. He led AL second basemen in fielding average six times and won three Gold Gloves. His signature year was 1959: he batted .306, led the league in singles and games played, and was named AL Most Valuable Player, the first White Sox player to win it, as Chicago took its first pennant in forty years. He hit .375 in that fall's six-game World Series loss to the Dodgers. A twelve-time All-Star across fourteen seasons in Chicago, Fox closed out with Houston in 1964-65 and finished at .288 with 2,663 hits and a .984 fielding percentage. The White Sox retired his No. 2, and the Veterans Committee elected him to the Hall of Fame in 1997, twenty-two years after his death from cancer at 47.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 769 | 1 | 56 | 275 | 213 | 111 | 58 | 55 | 0 |
| SGC | 166 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 53 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 1 |
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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- #35 John Buzhardt
- #54 1963 Rookie Stars
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #525 card?
It is card #525 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox.
Why is #525 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.