1964 Topps #393 Casey Teaches - Casey Stengel / Ed Kranepool
On this card: Casey Stengel, Ed Kranepool
About this card
This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1964 Topps set, each gathering two or more players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
This series-5 card pairs Mets manager Casey Stengel with young first baseman Ed Kranepool, the veteran skipper schooling his prospect. Stengel, elected to the Hall of Fame as a manager in 1966, was in his third season managing the expansion Mets, a club that lost 120 games in 1962 and finished last in 1964. Kranepool, a 17-year-old bonus signee from the Bronx, shuttled between Buffalo and New York through 1963 before winning the Mets' first-base job in 1964, batting .257, 10 home runs, 45 RBI. Kranepool always credited Stengel with patient guidance rather than public criticism, even as the manager needled him in the press over conditioning. The card captures the Mets' early identity: Stengel's showmanship drawing fans to a losing team, and Kranepool becoming the last original Met and a piece of the 1969 World Series champions.
Casey Stengel, the "Ol' Perfessor," managed the Yankees to five straight World Series titles from 1949 through 1953, then took over the expansion Mets in 1962 and charmed New York through four straight last-place finishes. Ed Kranepool was the Mets' durable first baseman and the last man standing from the original 1962 roster, a steady bat who homered in the 1969 World Series and later set the major league single-season pinch-hit average record as 'Steady Eddie.'
Sources: Wikipedia (Casey Stengel) · Wikipedia (Ed Kranepool) · SABR BioProject (Casey Stengel) · SABR BioProject (Ed Kranepool) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball Almanac (Ed Kranepool) · MLB.com
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 535 | 3 | 43 | 212 | 146 | 57 | 33 | 39 | 2 |
| SGC | 64 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
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 #393 card?
It is card #393 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Casey Stengel and Ed Kranepool. This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1964 Topps set, each gathering two or more players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
Why is #393 harder to find?
It is a series 5-6 card. Cards from the fifth and sixth print series (#371-522) are a step tougher to find than #1-370; availability in 1964 runs in three tiers, not a cliff.
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.