1963 Topps #250 Stan Musial
About Stan Musial
Three Musial cards close the 1963 set's account of him, all earned by a .330 season at 41, third in the National League and the reason he stands with Tommy Davis, Frank Robinson, Bill White and Hank Aaron on League Leaders card #1. Card #138, "Pride of N.L.," pairs him with Willie Mays. Card #250 is his last solo Topps card as an active player, printed while he played out a final year he announced in August and ended on September 29 with two hits.
Stan Musial spent all 22 of his major league seasons (1941-1944, 1946-1963) with the St. Louis Cardinals, signed out of Donora, Pennsylvania, as a pitcher in 1938 and shifted to the outfield after a 1940 shoulder injury left his throwing arm weak. Hitting left-handed from a famously coiled crouch, he won seven National League batting titles, three Most Valuable Player awards (1943, 1946, 1948) and three World Series (1942, 1944, 1946), and missed the 1945 season for Navy service. He played in 24 All-Star Games, a major league record he shares with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, and retired in 1963 holding National League career records for hits, runs batted in, games played, at-bats, runs and doubles. He finished at .331 with 3,630 hits, 1,951 RBI and 475 home runs, then second in league history behind Mel Ott's 511. The nickname came from a September 1946 column by St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Bob Broeg, who reported that Brooklyn fans at Ebbets Field were greeting him with "here comes the man" during that autumn's pennant race. Musial was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 on the first ballot with 93.2 percent of the vote, served as the Cardinals' general manager through their 1967 championship season, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,628 | 1 | 21 | 300 | 595 | 607 | 432 | 666 | 6 |
| SGC | 919 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 123 | 211 | 217 | 315 | 29 |
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
More Stan Musial in this set: #1 League Leaders, #138 Combo
Team card: #524 St. Louis Cardinals
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
- #83 Charley James
- #97 Bob Duliba
- #130 Dick Groat
- #138 Pride of the N.L.
- #166 Johnny Keane
- #172 Gene Oliver
- #190 Minnie Minoso
- #206 Ray Washburn
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #250 card?
It is card #250 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Is #250 Stan Musial's last card?
Yes - #250 is Musial's final Topps card as an active player. He retired after the 1963 season, holding the National League career records for hits, runs batted in, games, at-bats, runs and doubles.
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.