1965 Topps #562 Billy Moran
About Billy Moran
Card #562 is a high number from Topps' seventh series, inside the short-print zone, and pictures Moran with the Cleveland Indians. Back in a Cleveland uniform, Moran was down to scraps of playing time in 1965, a seldom-used utility infielder who went 3-for-24 in 22 games and scored a single run. He also spent part of the summer at Triple-A Portland, hitting .298 with five home runs. His last big-league game came September 28, an 0-for-2 with a walk in a 6-3 win over the Yankees; he popped out to first baseman Ray Barker in his final at-bat and never played again.
William Nelson Moran, born November 27, 1933 in Montgomery, Alabama, was a right-handed-hitting second baseman who spent seven seasons in the majors with the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels. An only child, he learned the game from his semipro-pitcher father, and after the family moved to Atlanta he signed with Cleveland scout Joe Sewell out of Russell High School in East Point, Georgia, in 1952. Four minor-league seasons and two years of Army duty at Fort McPherson later, he debuted with the Indians on Opening Day 1958, singling in his first plate appearance. Cleveland sold him to the Triple-A Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League in 1960, and Toronto traded him to the expansion Angels in June 1961 for Ken Hamlin and Russ Heman. He became the club's regular second baseman in 1962, an All-Star season in which the young franchise finished third at 86-76. He stayed a mainstay of the Angels' infield through 1963 before losing the job to a rookie in 1964 and finishing up as a utility infielder back in Cleveland. He batted .263 for his career with 28 home runs and 202 RBIs over 634 games. He died October 21, 2021, at 87, in Fort Myers, Florida.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 412 | 7 | 65 | 212 | 87 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 24 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #562 card?
It is card #562 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Billy Moran of the Cleveland Indians.
Is 1965 Topps #562 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. It is also a short-print zone card. Forty-four of the 76 cards in #523-598 were short-printed; #507-522 was not. The zone is stated as a range because the catalogs disagree on exactly which cards, so no single card is marked.
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.