1963 Topps #524 St. Louis Cardinals
Hall of Famers on the 1962 St. Louis Cardinals roster: Bob Gibson, Minnie Minoso, Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst.
About this card
The twenty team cards, one for every 1963 club, are the only horizontal fronts in the set. Every franchise has one, including the Houston Colt .45's, the Los Angeles Angels and the expansion Washington Senators.
The story on this card
This team card reports the 1962 season, when the Cardinals went 84-78 under manager Johnny Keane and finished sixth in the National League, seventeen and a half games behind the pennant-winning Giants, playing their home games at Busch Stadium (formerly Sportsman's Park) in front of just under 954,000 fans. The roster panel carried four future Hall of Famers from that club: Bob Gibson and Curt Simmons anchored a rotation that included Ernie Broglio and Ray Sadecki, Stan Musial was in the twilight of his career as the veteran bat, Minnie Minoso had joined the club that year, and Red Schoendienst was on hand as a veteran infielder. Card number 524 is a high number from the set's seventh and final print series, part of the team card subset that ran through the checklist.
Sources: Wikipedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 539 | 0 | 41 | 265 | 134 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 10 |
| SGC | 61 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 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 #524 card?
It is card #524 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing the St. Louis Cardinals. The twenty team cards, one for every 1963 club, are the only horizontal fronts in the set. Every franchise has one, including the Houston Colt .45's, the Los Angeles Angels and the expansion Washington Senators.
Why is #524 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.