1965 Topps #516 Al Weis
About Al Weis
Don Buford was handed the everyday second-base job for 1965, pushing Weis back into utility duty. The smaller role suited his bat: in 103 games and just 135 at-bats he hit .296, comfortably the best average of his career, and he stayed Chicago's fill-in man at second base and shortstop. Card #516 is a seventh-series high number. His rookie card is his 1963 Rookie Stars issue.
Albert John Weis, known to his teammates as Weasel, was a slender infielder who switch-hit for most of his career and played ten major league seasons for the Chicago White Sox and New York Mets between 1962 and 1971. Born in Franklin Square, New York, and raised in Bethpage, he graduated from Farmingdale High School in 1955 and joined the Navy at seventeen; the White Sox spotted him on the base team at Naval Station Norfolk and signed him as an amateur free agent in 1959. Four seasons in the farm system produced a .266 average and a September call-up in 1962, and he settled in as Chicago's utility man behind second baseman Nellie Fox and shortstop Ron Hansen. Traded to the Mets in December 1967 with center fielder Tommie Agee, Weis was acquired by manager Gil Hodges chiefly for his glove. A career .219 hitter with seven home runs in 800 games, he authored one of the great postseason surprises in October 1969, leading all batters in the World Series at .455 and taking the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America's Babe Ruth Award as the Series' outstanding player. Released by the Mets on July 1, 1971, he and his wife, Barbara, raised their family in Elmhurst, Illinois.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 279 | 2 | 51 | 158 | 41 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 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. The two checklist variations, #79 and #508, are listed under the wording PSA uses for each state.
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- #41 White Sox 1965 Rookie Stars
- #58 Fred Talbot
- #70 Bill Skowron
- #81 Don Buford
- #89 Mike Hershberger
- #125 Juan Pizarro
- #146 Ron Hansen
- #183 Dave Nicholson
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #516 card?
It is card #516 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Weis of the Chicago White Sox.
Is 1965 Topps #516 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last series, #507-598. Unlike most 1960s Topps sets the 1965 highs are not scarce as a run - the premium sits on the short-printed cards inside #523-598.
How many cards are in the 1965 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 600 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no printed-number collisions, and two checklist cards - #79 and #508 - carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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.