1964 Topps #364 Joe Gaines
About Joe Gaines
Nothing worked in Baltimore's first ten weeks - four hits in 26 at-bats, a .154 average over 16 games - and on June 15 the Orioles shipped him to the Houston Colt .45s for John Weekly and cash. Houston handed him right field and he gave them the fullest workload of his career: 89 games, 307 at-bats, a .254 average, seven home runs, seven triples and 34 RBI. His Topps card, #364 in the fourth series, still shows him in Orioles gear, a team he had already left by the time many of these packs were opened.
Arnesta Joe Gaines, who went by his middle name, was a right-handed outfielder born in Bryan, Texas on November 22, 1936. He came up through Oakland Technical High School in California and signed with Cincinnati as an amateur free agent in 1956. In 1957 he hit .359 with 14 home runs and 119 RBI for Class C Visalia of the California League. Brief trials with the Reds followed - he debuted on June 29, 1960 - before he stuck as a reserve outfielder in 1962. Traded to Baltimore that December, he had his best year in 1963, batting .286 while spelling left-handed-hitting Boog Powell in left field, then moved to Houston in a June 1964 deal that handed him a regular right field job until Rusty Staub reclaimed it in 1965. Gaines finished with a .241 average, 21 home runs and 95 RBI in 362 major league games. He spent most of 1966 through 1968 in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League and closed out his playing days with 51 games for Japan's Hanshin Tigers in 1969. He died in Oakland on May 30, 2023, at 86.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 249 | 4 | 42 | 130 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 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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Team card: #473 Baltimore Orioles
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- #63 Johnny Orsino
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- #126 Russ Snyder
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- #161 Dave McNally
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- #201 Orioles 1964 Rookie Stars
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #364 card?
It is card #364 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Gaines 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.