1963 Topps #320 Warren Spahn
About Warren Spahn
1963 Topps #320 catches Spahn one notch down and still enormous. At 41 he had gone 18-14 in 1962 with a 3.04 earned run average and 22 complete games, his first season under 20 wins since 1955, and every one of his 34 appearances was a start. It was also the year Sandy Koufax hit the first of his two career home runs off him. The card is a series-four issue and one of the set's spotlight names, and it is the only place Spahn turns up in the 1963 set: no leaders board, no All-Star card, just the pitcher.
Warren Edward Spahn (1921-2003) was a left-handed pitcher who won more games than any left-hander in major-league history. Born in Buffalo, New York, and named for President Warren G. Harding, he learned to pitch on a mound his father built in the backyard and signed with the Boston Bees, soon renamed the Braves, in 1940. Army service in World War II cost him three full seasons and earned the combat engineer a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star and a battlefield commission; he did not win a big-league game until he was 25. He barely stopped again: 20 or more wins in 13 seasons, eight National League win titles, three earned run average titles, and the 1957 Cy Young Award in the year the Milwaukee Braves beat the Yankees in the World Series. He threw two no-hitters, in 1960 and 1961, at ages 39 and 40, and was a 17-time All-Star who pitched in 14 All-Star Games, more than any other pitcher of the twentieth century. He picked up the nickname Hooks for the nose a teammate's errant throw broke in 1941 spring training. He finished with 363 wins, a 3.09 earned run average and 2,583 strikeouts over 21 seasons with the Braves, Mets and Giants, and was elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1973.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,189 | 1 | 8 | 157 | 268 | 304 | 190 | 259 | 2 |
| SGC | 326 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 51 | 75 | 77 | 103 | 6 |
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 #320 card?
It is card #320 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves.
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.
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