1965 Topps #293 Los Angeles Angels
card reads Los Angeles Angels - the club became the California Angels on 1965-09-02, after this set was out, so the 1965 season record carries the California name
About this card
Nineteen of the twenty clubs have a team card in the 1965 Topps set, each reporting the 1964 season. Houston, renamed from the Colt .45s to the Astros in December 1964, has none; #426 Milwaukee Braves is the franchise's last Milwaukee team card.
The story on this card
Card 293 in the 1965 Topps set is the Los Angeles Angels team card, part of the fourth print series. It reports on the 1964 club, which finished fifth in the American League at 82-80, seventeen games behind the pennant-winning Yankees. The headline arm on that roster was right-hander Dean Chance, who posted a 1.65 ERA and 20 wins to take the American League Cy Young Award and a start in that summer's All-Star Game. Shortstop Jim Fregosi also started for the American League that summer. The card still carries the Los Angeles Angels name; the club would not become the California Angels until September 2, 1965, after this set had already gone to press. The card follows the set's standard team-card format: a posed team photo, with the club's pennant and its fifth-place finish printed below.
Sources: Wikipedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 257 | 2 | 29 | 117 | 61 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 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 #293 card?
It is card #293 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Los Angeles Angels. Nineteen of the twenty clubs have a team card in the 1965 Topps set, each reporting the 1964 season. Houston, renamed from the Colt .45s to the Astros in December 1964, has none; #426 Milwaukee Braves is the franchise's last Milwaukee team card.
Why is #293 called the Los Angeles Angels?
Every Angels card in the set, this team card included, reads Los Angeles Angels, and that is the name this checklist uses. The club became the California Angels on September 2, 1965, after the set was out, so the 1965 season record carries the California name.
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.