1965 Topps #92 Dick Howser
About Dick Howser
Card #92 comes out of the second series. It looks back on his first full season since his 1961 rookie year, spent entirely with Cleveland: 162 games, every one of them at shortstop, a .256 average, 163 hits, 101 runs scored and a career-high 52 RBIs. He was the only Indian to score 100 runs and finished second in the American League in runs, led the club in hits and in triples with four, and tied Bobby Richardson for the league lead with 16 sacrifice hits.
Richard Dalton Howser was born in Miami on May 14, 1936 and grew up in West Palm Beach, where he finished at Palm Beach High School. A walk-on at Florida State University, he batted .422 as a sophomore in 1956 and in 1957 became the first consensus All-America selection from the state of Florida, repeating the honor in 1958. He signed with the Kansas City Athletics on June 13, 1958 and reached the majors on Opening Day 1961. Across eight seasons with the Athletics, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees he played mostly shortstop, with stretches at second and third base, batting .248 with 617 hits, 165 RBIs and 105 stolen bases in 789 games. He hit and threw right-handed and was listed at 5-foot-8 and 155 pounds. Howser coached third base for the Yankees from 1969 through 1978 and managed a single Yankees game in 1978, spent 1979 as head coach at Florida State, then managed New York in 1980 and the Kansas City Royals from 1981 to 1986, winning the 1985 World Series. He died of brain cancer on June 17, 1987 at 51, and is a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame and the Royals Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 255 | 2 | 28 | 120 | 61 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 #92 card?
It is card #92 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Howser of the Cleveland Indians.
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.