1963 Topps #138 Pride of the N.L.
On this card: Willie Mays, Stan Musial
About this card
This is one of the eleven combination cards in the 1963 Topps set (#18, 43, 68, 138, 173, 218, 242, 306, 331, 392, 412), each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
Card 138 in the 1963 Topps set is a combination card titled Pride of the N.L., pairing Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants with Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals on a single card. It belongs to the set's second series. The title reflects that both men were perennial National League All-Stars: Mays had already won an MVP award in 1954, and Musial had won three, in 1943, 1946 and 1948. Collectors and auction listings catalog it under the Cardinals and Giants combination checklist entry for 1963 Topps, apart from either man's individual card in the same set.
Willie Mays was the Say Hey Kid, the five-tool center fielder of the New York and San Francisco Giants: Rookie of the Year in 1951, Most Valuable Player in 1954 and 1965, twelve straight Gold Gloves, 660 home runs, Hall of Fame in 1979. Stan Musial - Stan the Man was St. Louis's left-handed hitting machine for 22 seasons: seven National League batting titles, three MVP awards, three World Series wins, 3,630 hits, every one of them as a Cardinal, and first-ballot Cooperstown in 1969.
Sources: Wikipedia (Willie Mays) · Wikipedia (Stan Musial) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 3,486 | 7 | 58 | 431 | 724 | 847 | 553 | 853 | 13 |
| SGC | 1,229 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 156 | 249 | 304 | 450 | 18 |
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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Related cards
Team cards: #417 San Francisco Giants, #524 St. Louis Cardinals
More San Francisco Giants cards:
- #3 1962 National League Home Run Leaders
- #7 1962 National League Pitching Leaders
- #9 1962 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #30 Harvey Kuenn
- #50 Bill Pierce
- #61 Ernie Bowman
More St. Louis Cardinals cards:
- #1 1962 National League Batting Leaders
- #5 1962 National League E.R.A. Leaders
- #9 1962 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #22 Curt Simmons
- #49 Dal Maxvill
- #54 1963 Rookie Stars
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #138 card?
It is card #138 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Willie Mays and Stan Musial. This is one of the eleven combination cards in the 1963 Topps set (#18, 43, 68, 138, 173, 218, 242, 306, 331, 392, 412), each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
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.