1964 Topps #263 Chuck Estrada
About Chuck Estrada
A wrecked 1963 sits on the back of series-3 card #263: eight games, 3-2, a 4.60 ERA and 31 1/3 innings. A bone spur and calcium deposits in his right elbow put him on the disabled list on June 8, and when a summer of rest failed him he chose surgery on September 25. Topps still pictured him as an Oriole, though Baltimore's club president was telling writers the team was figuring its 1964 rotation without him.
Charles Leonard Estrada, a hard-throwing right-hander born February 15, 1938, in San Luis Obispo, California, signed with the Baltimore Orioles on September 27, 1956, out of Atascadero High School and semipro ball with the San Luis Obispo Blues. He reached the majors on April 21, 1960, as part of the young Orioles staff known as the Kiddie Korps, and tied Jim Perry for the American League lead with 18 wins as a rookie, the only pitcher ever to top that league in victories in his first season. He was an All-Star in both of that summer's two games and worked an inning in the first of them, and The Sporting News named him its Pitcher of the Year. Estrada stayed a workhorse starter through 1962, but elbow trouble put him on the operating table in September 1963 and he never regained that form. He pitched briefly for Baltimore through 1964, spent 1965 at Triple-A Rochester, and made his last big-league appearance on June 11, 1967, finishing 50-44 with a 4.07 ERA and 535 strikeouts over seven seasons. He kept throwing in the minors into 1969, then coached into the 1990s, with pitching-coach stints for the Rangers, Padres and Indians.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 302 | 6 | 48 | 154 | 59 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 #263 card?
It is card #263 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chuck Estrada of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.