1964 Topps #310 Jim Gilliam
About Jim Gilliam
Card #310 sits in the fourth series of the 1964 set and lists Gilliam at second base. Behind it is 1963, the best offensive season he had put together: a .282 average, 148 hits, 49 RBI and 19 stolen bases in 24 tries, an OPS+ of 121 and a sixth-place finish in the National League MVP voting. The Dodgers swept the World Series that October, his third title with the franchise.
Jim Gilliam reached the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1946 at 17, and manager George 'Tubby' Scales hung the nickname 'Junior' on him and turned him into a switch-hitter. A three-time East-West All-Star, he was sold to Brooklyn and debuted April 14, 1953, taking over second base from Jackie Robinson, breaking the rookie walk record with 100 and winning National League Rookie of the Year. All 14 major league seasons were Dodgers seasons, spent at second, at third and in the outfield, with All-Star trips in 1956 and 1959 and a league-leading 96 walks in 1959. He drew 1,036 walks in those Dodgers years and finished at .265 with 2,012 hits across 17 professional seasons, winning four World Series, the last on his backhand stop at third behind Sandy Koufax in Game 7, 1965. Named a Dodgers coach after the 1964 season, he was the third Black man to coach in the majors, and he worked for Walter Alston and Tom Lasorda until a brain hemorrhage in September 1978. He died October 8; the Dodgers retired his number 19 before that year's World Series, and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame elected him in 1995.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 431 | 8 | 64 | 209 | 84 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 0 |
| SGC | 33 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 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 #310 card?
It is card #310 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Gilliam of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.