1963 Topps #229 Willie Davis
About Willie Davis
Series-3 card #229 reports Davis's 1962 breakout: 157 games, a .285 average, 171 hits, 103 runs, 21 home runs and 85 RBI, every one of those totals except the average a career best. His ten triples tied Johnny Callison, Bill Virdon and teammate Maury Wills for the National League lead, and his 32 stolen bases added to Wills's 104 for 136, a league record for two teammates in a season. Los Angeles won 101 games to tie San Francisco and still missed the pennant, losing the tie-breaker series two games to one.
Willie Davis, born William Henry Davis on April 15, 1940, in Mineral Springs, Arkansas, signed with the Dodgers out of Los Angeles' Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1958, discovered by scout Kenny Myers after a three-sport schoolboy career that included a 9.5-second 100-yard dash. He debuted for Los Angeles on September 8, 1960, and the next season replaced former All-Star Duke Snider in center field, a post he held for thirteen years. Davis led the National League in triples twice, sharing the 1962 lead and winning the 1970 title outright, and his 31-game hitting streak in 1969 is still the Dodgers' franchise record. He helped the club win the 1963 and 1965 World Series, though three errors in one inning of the 1966 Series became his career's lasting blemish. A two-time All-Star (1971, 1973) and three-time Gold Glove winner (1971-1973), he later played for Montreal, Texas, St. Louis and San Diego, spent two seasons in Japan, closed his major league career with the California Angels in 1979 and finished in the Mexican League in 1980. He retired with 2,561 hits, 182 home runs, 398 stolen bases and 138 triples, and his 60.8 career WAR is the highest of any player who never appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot. He died in Burbank, California, on March 9, 2010.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 351 | 0 | 23 | 145 | 116 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 26 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 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.
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Live auctions Buy It Now on eBay Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
Team card: #337 Los Angeles Dodgers
More Los Angeles Dodgers cards:
- #1 1962 National League Batting Leaders
- #5 1962 National League E.R.A. Leaders
- #7 1962 National League Pitching Leaders
- #9 1962 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #11 Lee Walls
- #53 Joe Moeller
- #68 Friendly Foes
- #80 Jim Gilliam
- #105 Ron Fairly
- #123 Frank Howard
- #150 Johnny Podres
- #154 Walt Alston
- #180 Bill Skowron
- #196 Doug Camilli
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #229 card?
It is card #229 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.