1965 Topps #519 Bob Uecker
Topps posed Uecker batting left-handed for this photo; he batted right-handed throughout his career.
Uncorrected error: Uecker posed batting left-handed - he batted right
About Bob Uecker
1965 Topps #519 is another seventh-series high number. Look closely at the pose: Topps had Uecker cocking the bat left-handed, and he hit right-handed his whole career - a small, well-known oddity on an otherwise ordinary card. The season behind it was his busiest in St. Louis. Tim McCarver broke a finger in the spring, so Uecker caught Opening Day and Bob Gibson in a Wrigley Field game called for darkness at 10-10 after 11 innings. He hit .228 in 53 games, took Gaylord Perry deep on May 5, and on July 24 at Dodger Stadium homered off Sandy Koufax and drew an intentional walk from him in the same game - the two highlights he named for the rest of his life.
Robert George Uecker (January 26, 1934 - January 16, 2025) grew up in Milwaukee, left a technical high school there without finishing, and enlisted in the Army in 1954, playing service ball at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Belvoir with future Cardinals teammate Dick Groat. Out of the service he signed with his hometown Braves in 1956 for a $3,000 bonus, spent six years in their farm system, and reached the majors at 28. He caught six seasons, 1962 through 1967, for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, nearly always as a backup: 297 games, 146 hits, 14 home runs, 74 runs batted in, and a career average of exactly .200. He was a genuinely good receiver, finishing at .981 in the field, and he was a Cardinal when St. Louis won the 1964 World Series. Released in April 1968, he turned storytelling into a much larger second act: Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play for 54 seasons beginning in 1971, close to 100 appearances on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show - Carson is the one who dubbed him Mr. Baseball - George Owens on Mr. Belvedere, and announcer Harry Doyle in the Major League movies. The National Baseball Hall of Fame gave him its Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting in 2003.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,283 | 1 | 69 | 412 | 265 | 207 | 120 | 205 | 4 |
| SGC | 358 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 62 | 83 | 90 | 84 | 4 |
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 #519 card?
It is card #519 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Uecker of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Does 1965 Topps #519 have an error?
Uecker posed batting left-handed - he batted right. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #519 reads the same way.
Is 1965 Topps #519 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.