1963 Topps #438 Wes Stock
About Wes Stock
In 1963 Stock did not lose a game. He went 7-0 in 47 appearances for Baltimore, throwing 75 1/3 innings with 55 strikeouts - a career best to that point - and a 3.94 ERA, with one save and 16 games finished. The perfect win column came in the middle of the unbeaten run he had started the summer before, and it rested on control rather than overpowering stuff. Card #438 belongs to Topps' fifth series and pictures him with the Orioles in what turned out to be the last full season he would spend in Baltimore.
Wesley Gay Stock was born April 10, 1934, in Longview, Washington, and grew up in Allyn, where his father ran a combination tavern, grocery, and service station and his mother served as the local postmistress. He graduated from Shelton High in 1952, pitching for the town team, and walked on with the Cougars at Washington State College under coach Buck Bailey before signing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1956 for $4,000. He went 14-6 at Class C Aberdeen, spent two years in the Army, and reached the majors on April 19, 1959. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 188 pounds, the right-hander pitched in 321 games over nine seasons for the Orioles and Kansas City Athletics, all but three in relief, going 27-13 with a 3.60 ERA, 22 saves, and 365 strikeouts in 517 1/3 innings. Baltimore traded him to Kansas City for catcher Charlie Lau on June 15, 1964, and he threw his last big-league inning in 1967. He then coached for decades - pitching coach for the Athletics in 1967, 1973-76 and 1984-86, the Milwaukee Brewers from 1970 to 1972, and the Seattle Mariners from 1977 to 1981 - and was on Oakland's World Series winners of 1973 and 1974 before calling Mariners games on television in 1982 and 1983.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 353 | 1 | 30 | 202 | 90 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #438 card?
It is card #438 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wes Stock of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.