1964 Topps #463 Don Leppert
About Don Leppert
Number 463 sits in the sixth series of 1964 Topps and shows Leppert still in a Washington uniform. He started the year hurt: three days before Opening Day he broke his right thumb catching batting practice, and rookie Mike Brumley took over the starting job. Leppert got into 50 games and hit .156, with 19 hits in 122 at-bats. The highlight was a July 10 home run off Whitey Ford at D.C. Stadium that denied the Yankees left-hander a shutout. His last big-league appearance came that September; he spent 1965 with Triple-A Hawaii and finished up at Columbus in 1966.
Don Leppert was a right-handed catcher from Indianapolis who signed out of Air Force service ball and needed six minor-league seasons before reaching the majors at 29. The Milwaukee Braves signed him in February 1955, after he had caught for base teams in Japan and in Fort Worth, Texas; at 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds he was a long-ball threat whose catching experience lagged behind his bat. He broke in with the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 18, 1961 and homered in his first major-league at-bat, off Curt Simmons at Forbes Field. Traded to the expansion Washington Senators in December 1962, he hit three home runs in one game in April 1963 and was named to the American League All-Star team that July. He finished with a .229 average, 15 home runs and 59 runs batted in over 190 games, then closed his playing career in the minors in 1966. He coached 18 seasons in the majors for the Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros, worked the first-base line for Pittsburgh's 1971 world champions, and later served as a Minnesota Twins minor-league field coordinator. The Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame inducted him in 2003; he died in 2023 at 91.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 189 | 1 | 26 | 95 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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 #463 card?
It is card #463 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Leppert of the Washington Senators.
Why is #463 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.