1963 Topps #382 Ralph Houk
About this card
The nineteen manager cards use the same portrait layout as the players. Twenty clubs, nineteen managers: the Cubs were run by their rotating College of Coaches from 1961 to 1965 and have no manager card.
About Ralph Houk
A third straight pennant, and the biggest margin yet: 104-57, ten and a half games up on the White Sox, with Elston Howard becoming the first Black player in American League history to win the MVP award. Three pennants in three seasons had not been done since Hughie Jennings did it with Detroit from 1907 through 1909. Then the Dodgers swept the World Series in four games, the first time the Yankees had been swept, and Houk moved upstairs to the general manager's office that October. Card #382 is his manager-subset card from Topps' fifth series, a mid-set number.
Ralph George Houk was born August 9, 1919, in Lawrence, Kansas, and was catching his way up through the New York Yankees farm system when World War II interrupted him. He served with the 89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron of the 9th Armored Division, fought at Bastogne and through the Battle of the Bulge, and came home with a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, and the rank of Major that became his baseball nickname. Back in the Bronx, he spent eight seasons from 1947 through 1954 as a second- and third-string catcher behind Yogi Berra, getting into only 91 games while batting .272. He managed the Yankees' Triple-A Denver Bears, returned as Casey Stengel's first-base coach, and succeeded Stengel as manager for 1961. Three straight pennants and back-to-back World Series titles followed, then a move upstairs to general manager, a second term in the dugout from 1966 through 1973, and closing stints with Detroit and Boston. Cooperstown never called, but the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame counts him among its members.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 275 | 1 | 11 | 96 | 83 | 46 | 26 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #382 card?
It is card #382 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ralph Houk of the New York Yankees. The nineteen manager cards use the same portrait layout as the players. Twenty clubs, nineteen managers: the Cubs were run by their rotating College of Coaches from 1961 to 1965 and have no manager 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.