1964 Topps #549 Joe Moeller
About Joe Moeller
The high-numbered 1964 Topps #549, a high number from the set's seventh series, reaches collectors with no big-league season to report. Arm trouble ruined Moeller's spring and the Dodgers optioned him to Spokane in April 1963; he stayed in the Pacific Coast League all year, ran hot and cold, and still finished 16-11 with a 3.61 ERA over 212 innings, his last win a two-hit shutout of Portland on Labor Day.
Joe Moeller was a right-handed pitcher who spent his entire major-league career, 1962 through 1971, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The club signed him out of Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach in June 1960, after his father negotiated a combined $100,000 bonus for Joe and his brother Gary with owner Walter O'Malley; Joe's share was around $75,000. At 6-foot-5 he drew comparisons to Don Drysdale for his build and pitching style. Injury kept undoing him: arm trouble, a separated and then dislocated left shoulder, back and groin problems, and an estimated 60 cortisone shots in fewer than 600 big-league innings. Two seasons, 1963 and 1965, brought him no major-league work at all. He finished 26-36 with a 4.01 ERA and 307 strikeouts in 166 games across eight seasons, then earned a physical education degree in 1977, coached for Cleveland and at USC, spent more than a decade in the Dodgers' public affairs bureau, and scouted for the Montreal Expos and Florida Marlins.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 304 | 1 | 37 | 153 | 68 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 #549 card?
It is card #549 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Moeller of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Is 1964 Topps #549 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #523-587, distributed last. Scarcer than the rest of the set but only mildly so - the high premium runs roughly 55-60 percent, far milder than the 1952-62 highs.
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.