1963 Topps #331 Series Foes
On this card: Bill Stafford, Billy Pierce
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
Topps paired these two starters as Series Foes for their head-to-head roles in the 1962 World Series between the Yankees and the Giants. Stafford started and won Game 3 for New York, finishing the game despite a line drive off his shin in the eighth inning of a 3-2 win. Pierce started Game 6 for San Francisco and pitched a three-hit complete game as the Giants won 5-2, evening the Series and forcing Game 7. The card is a combination card, number 331 in Topps' fourth series. Neither pitcher's individual statistics appear on this card; the whole premise is the October matchup, one man representing each pennant winner.
Bill Stafford - Yankees sinkerballer, the winning pitcher on the day Roger Maris hit his 61st home run and the man who finished Game Three of the 1962 World Series after a line drive caught him on the shin. A slightly built left-hander with a big fastball, Pierce was the American League's finest southpaw of the 1950s for the Chicago White Sox, then wound up his career helping the San Francisco Giants to a pennant.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bill Stafford) · Wikipedia (Billy Pierce) · SABR BioProject (Bill Stafford) · SABR BioProject (Billy Pierce)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 263 | 1 | 13 | 107 | 85 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 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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Related cards
Team cards: #247 New York Yankees, #417 San Francisco Giants
More New York Yankees cards:
- #2 1962 American League Batting Leaders
- #4 1962 American League Home Run Leaders
- #6 1962 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #8 1962 American League Pitching Leaders
- #10 1962 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #20 Tony Kubek
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
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #331 card?
It is card #331 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Stafford and Billy Pierce. 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.