1964 Topps #3 1963 National League Pitching Leaders - Sandy Koufax / Juan Marichal / Warren Spahn / Jim Maloney
On this card: Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, Jim Maloney
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
Card 3 of the 1964 Topps League Leaders subset recaps the 1963 National League pitching leaders, splitting the honors four ways. Sandy Koufax topped the league at 25-5 with a 1.88 ERA for the Dodgers, striking out 306 batters across 40 starts and throwing 11 shutouts. Juan Marichal matched Koufax's win total at 25-8 with a 2.41 ERA for the Giants, part of a run that made him the winningest pitcher in baseball during the decade. Warren Spahn, at 42 years old for Milwaukee, trailed the co-leaders by two wins at 23-7 with a 2.60 ERA, still working as a workhorse two decades into his career. Jim Maloney rounded out the group for Cincinnati, tying Spahn at 23-7 with a 2.77 ERA and a career-high 265 strikeouts. All four men are pictured with their club affiliations printed on the card.
Sandy Koufax was the Dodgers' left-hander nicknamed 'the Left Arm of God,' whose five-year run of dominance from 1962 to 1966 brought three unanimous Cy Young Awards and four no-hitters, including a perfect game, before an arthritic elbow forced his retirement at 30. Juan Marichal - the Dominican Dandy's high leg kick fronted the winningest arm of the 1960s: 191 victories in the decade, nine All-Star teams, 243 career wins, and in 1983 the first Hall of Fame plaque ever hung for a Dominican-born player. Warren Spahn - the winningest left-handed pitcher in baseball history, a Braves ace who won 20 games in 13 different seasons, threw no-hitters at 39 and 40, and was still going 23-7 at age 42. Jim Maloney - Fresno fastballer who anchored the Cincinnati rotation through the mid-1960s: 134 wins, 1,605 strikeouts, two no-hitters and four straight 200-strikeout seasons before arm trouble and a torn Achilles ended him at 32.
Sources: Wikipedia (Sandy Koufax) · Wikipedia (Juan Marichal) · Wikipedia (Warren Spahn) · Wikipedia (Jim Maloney) · SABR BioProject (Sandy Koufax) · SABR BioProject (Juan Marichal) · SABR BioProject (Warren Spahn) · SABR BioProject (Jim Maloney) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball Almanac (Juan Marichal) · Baseball Almanac (Warren Spahn) · Baseball Almanac (Jim Maloney)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 792 | 0 | 17 | 96 | 154 | 165 | 131 | 227 | 2 |
| SGC | 206 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 48 | 44 | 91 | 5 |
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: #531 L. A. Dodgers, #257 San Francisco Giants, #132 Milwaukee Braves, #403 Cincinnati Reds
More Los Angeles Dodgers cards:
- #1 1963 National League E.R.A. Leaders
- #5 1963 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #7 1963 National League Batting Leaders
- #14 Dodgers 1964 Rookie Stars
- #30 Ron Perranoski
- #51 Pete Richert
More San Francisco Giants cards:
- #9 1963 National League Home Run Leaders
- #18 Billy O'Dell
- #41 Friendly Foes
- #47 Giants 1964 Rookie Stars
- #82 Jim Davenport
- #99 Al Stanek
More Milwaukee Braves cards:
- #7 1963 National League Batting Leaders
- #9 1963 National League Home Run Leaders
- #11 1963 National League R.B.I. Leaders
- #35 Ed Mathews
- #53 Denis Menke
- #65 Felipe Alou
More Cincinnati Reds cards:
- #5 1963 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #33 Reds 1964 Rookie Stars
- #49 Bill Henry
- #72 Chico Cardenas
- #80 Vada Pinson
- #106 Joe Nuxhall
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #3 card?
It is card #3 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn and Jim Maloney. 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.