1964 Topps #162 Hitting Area - Dick Sisler / Vada Pinson
On this card: Dick Sisler, Vada Pinson
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
Card #162 pairs two Cincinnati Reds men from the same clubhouse. Vada Pinson was coming off a huge 1963: a league-leading 204 hits and 14 triples, a .313 average, and a career-high 106 RBI as the Reds' center fielder, part of a run of five straight seasons with an OPS above .800. Dick Sisler was in the Reds' dugout for a different reason: after his playing days ended in 1953, he joined Cincinnati's coaching staff in 1961 under manager Fred Hutchinson. That role took on new weight partway through the 1964 season, when Hutchinson's illness forced him to step aside and Sisler took over as acting manager, guiding the club to a strong finish. Topps paired the accomplished young outfielder with the Reds' batting coach, the role behind the card's Hitting Area title, on a single print-series-2 card.
Dick Sisler - a journeyman first baseman and outfielder for the Cardinals, Phillies and Reds whose pennant-winning homer for the 1950 Whiz Kids made him a Philadelphia legend. Cincinnati's graceful center fielder and Frank Robinson's running mate, Vada Pinson was a four-time All-Star and Gold Glove winner who reached 200 hits four times and closed an 18-year career with 2,757 hits and 256 home runs.
Sources: Wikipedia (Vada Pinson) · Wikipedia (Dick Sisler) · SABR BioProject (Dick Sisler) · SABR BioProject (Vada Pinson) · Baseball Almanac (Vada Pinson)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 274 | 3 | 18 | 108 | 78 | 31 | 13 | 19 | 4 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 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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Related cards
Team card: #403 Cincinnati Reds
More Cincinnati Reds cards:
- #3 1963 National League Pitching Leaders
- #5 1963 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #33 Reds 1964 Rookie Stars
- #49 Bill Henry
- #72 Chico Cardenas
- #80 Vada Pinson
- #106 Joe Nuxhall
- #125 Pete Rose
- #144 Al Worthington
- #166 Marty Keough
- #185 Jim O'Toole
- #207 Fred Hutchinson
- #233 Hal Smith
- #260 Frank Robinson
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #162 card?
It is card #162 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Sisler and Vada Pinson. 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.
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.