1964 Topps #9 1963 National League Home Run Leaders - Hank Aaron / Willie McCovey / Willie Mays / Orlando Cepeda
On this card: Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda
About this card
Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset that opens the set: twelve cards recapping the 1963 leaders in six categories (E.R.A., pitching, strikeouts, batting, home runs and R.B.I.), the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
The story on this card
This League Leaders card looks back at the 1963 National League home run race, where Hank Aaron and Willie McCovey tied at the top with 44 each, Aaron doing it for the Milwaukee Braves and McCovey for the San Francisco Giants. Willie Mays followed at 38 for the Giants, and Orlando Cepeda rounded out the board at 34, also with San Francisco, giving the Giants three of the four sluggers pictured. Aaron nearly carried a triple crown that season, leading the league in homers and RBI while finishing third in batting average. McCovey's share of the crown came in a year he split time between first base and the outfield.
Hank Aaron was the Braves' right fielder and one of the greatest hitters in history, a 25-time All-Star who broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974 on his way to 755 career homers. Willie McCovey, "Stretch," was the towering left-handed slugger who hit behind Willie Mays in San Francisco -- a three-time National League home run champion, the 1969 Most Valuable Player, and a Hall of Famer with 521 career home runs. Willie Mays was the Say Hey Kid, the five-tool center fielder of the New York and San Francisco Giants: Rookie of the Year in 1951, Most Valuable Player in 1954 and 1965, twelve straight Gold Gloves, 660 home runs, Hall of Fame in 1979. Orlando Cepeda, the Baby Bull, was a powerful Puerto Rican first baseman who won Rookie of the Year with the 1958 Giants and the unanimous NL MVP with the 1967 champion Cardinals.
Sources: Wikipedia (Hank Aaron) · Wikipedia (Willie McCovey) · Wikipedia (Willie Mays) · Wikipedia (Orlando Cepeda) · SABR BioProject (Hank Aaron) · SABR BioProject (Willie Mccovey) · SABR BioProject (Willie Mays) · SABR BioProject (Orlando Cepeda) · Baseball Almanac (Hank Aaron) · Baseball Almanac (Willie McCovey) · Baseball Almanac (Willie Mays) · Baseball Almanac (Orlando Cepeda) · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2) · Retrosheet · CBS Sports
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,154 | 3 | 40 | 364 | 432 | 429 | 320 | 560 | 6 |
| SGC | 718 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 73 | 115 | 213 | 277 | 8 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Related cards
Team cards: #132 Milwaukee Braves, #257 San Francisco Giants
More Milwaukee Braves cards:
- #3 1963 National League Pitching Leaders
- #7 1963 National League Batting Leaders
- #11 1963 National League R.B.I. Leaders
- #35 Ed Mathews
- #53 Denis Menke
- #65 Felipe Alou
More San Francisco Giants cards:
- #3 1963 National League Pitching Leaders
- #18 Billy O'Dell
- #41 Friendly Foes
- #47 Giants 1964 Rookie Stars
- #82 Jim Davenport
- #99 Al Stanek
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #9 card?
It is card #9 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Willie Mays and Orlando Cepeda. Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset that opens the set: twelve cards recapping the 1963 leaders in six categories (E.R.A., pitching, strikeouts, batting, home runs and R.B.I.), the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
How many cards are in the 1964 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 589 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 587 with no gaps, and no number carries two different cards; two cards - #4, the A.L. Pitching Leaders, and #517, the seventh-series checklist - carry a catalogued back variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-11.