1964 Topps #183 Ron Taylor
About Ron Taylor
A second season in the St. Louis bullpen brought eight wins in 63 appearances, though the runs came with them: a 4.62 ERA over 101 1/3 innings. What followed mattered more. The Cardinals surged late to win their first National League pennant in 18 years, and in the World Series Taylor faced the Yankees twice without giving up a hit, working the last four innings of Game 4 at Yankee Stadium to protect Ken Boyer's grand slam and save Roger Craig's 4-3 win. A walk to Mickey Mantle was the only baserunner he allowed, and St. Louis took the title in seven games. Card #183 belongs to the second series.
Ronald Wesley Taylor was born December 13, 1937, in Toronto and died there on June 16, 2025, at 87. A natural left-hander whose mother made him learn to throw right-handed, he signed with Cleveland at 18 on the condition that he could keep going to school, and took an electrical engineering degree from the University of Toronto in 1961 while working his way up the Indians' farm system. Over parts of 11 major league seasons from 1962 to 1972 he pitched for Cleveland, the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, New York Mets and San Diego Padres, going 45-43 with a 3.93 ERA, over 70 saves and 464 strikeouts in 491 games, 474 of them in relief. He won World Series rings with the 1964 Cardinals and the 1969 Miracle Mets and never gave up a hit in seven World Series innings. Taylor then enrolled at the University of Toronto medical school, graduated in 1977, and in 1979 became the Toronto Blue Jays' team physician, a job he held for more than three decades. He entered the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 175 | 1 | 16 | 77 | 51 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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 #183 card?
It is card #183 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Taylor of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.