1964 Topps #333 Billy Moran
About Billy Moran
Card #333 comes from Topps' fourth series and pictures Moran with the Los Angeles Angels. Moran had agreed that spring to try third base so rookie Bobby Knoop could take over at second, a move he later called a mistake. He got into just 50 games for Los Angeles, much of that time at third, before a three-team deal on June 11 sent him back to Cleveland; Frank Kostro and Jerry Kindall went to Minnesota, and Lenny Green and Vic Power came to the Angels. He homered once all year, off the Athletics' John Wyatt on August 18.
William Nelson Moran, born November 27, 1933 in Montgomery, Alabama, was a right-handed-hitting second baseman who spent seven seasons in the majors with the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels. An only child, he learned the game from his semipro-pitcher father, and after the family moved to Atlanta he signed with Cleveland scout Joe Sewell out of Russell High School in East Point, Georgia, in 1952. Four minor-league seasons and two years of Army duty at Fort McPherson later, he debuted with the Indians on Opening Day 1958, singling in his first plate appearance. Cleveland sold him to the Triple-A Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League in 1960, and Toronto traded him to the expansion Angels in June 1961 for Ken Hamlin and Russ Heman. He became the club's regular second baseman in 1962, an All-Star season in which the young franchise finished third at 86-76. He stayed a mainstay of the Angels' infield through 1963 before losing the job to a rookie in 1964 and finishing up as a utility infielder back in Cleveland. He batted .263 for his career with 28 home runs and 202 RBIs over 634 games. He died October 21, 2021, at 87, in Fort Myers, Florida.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 245 | 2 | 42 | 128 | 42 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #333 card?
It is card #333 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Billy Moran of the Los Angeles Angels.
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.