1964 Topps #145 Norm Siebern
About Norm Siebern
Card #145 is the first Topps card to list Siebern with Baltimore, issued after Kansas City traded him to the Orioles on November 27, 1963 for first baseman Jim Gentile and $25,000. He had been the A's lone All-Star again in 1963, batting .272 with 16 home runs and 83 RBIs. In Baltimore he was reunited with Hank Bauer, newly hired as the Orioles' manager, who put him at first base and left him there. The bat cooled, .245 with 12 home runs and 56 RBIs, but Siebern led the American League with 106 bases on balls, made his fourth and final All-Star team, and helped Baltimore win 97 games in a three-way pennant chase.
Norman Leroy Siebern (1933-2015), born in St. Louis and a graduate of Wellston High just outside the city, was a left-handed-hitting first baseman and outfielder who spent 12 seasons in the majors with the Yankees, Athletics, Orioles, Angels, Giants, and Red Sox. Signed by the Yankees in 1951 out of high school, he lost 1954 and 1955 to Army service and debuted in New York on June 15, 1956. He won a Gold Glove as the Yankees' left fielder in 1958, the year he batted an even .300, and he played in three World Series (1956, 1958, 1967), collecting championship rings in 1956 and 1958. On December 11, 1959, the Yankees sent him, Hank Bauer, Don Larsen, and Marv Throneberry to Kansas City for Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri, and Kent Hadley. Siebern settled in at first base for the Athletics, made three All-Star squads there, and peaked in 1962 with a .308 average, 25 home runs, and 117 RBIs. A November 1963 trade to Baltimore brought a fourth All-Star nod. He finished at .272 with 132 home runs and 636 RBIs.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 228 | 2 | 23 | 114 | 53 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 #145 card?
It is card #145 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Norm Siebern 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.