1965 Topps #463 Manny Mota
About Manny Mota
Mota's 1965 card, #463, sits in the sixth series and reports a 1964 season in which Danny Murtaugh used him in 115 games and 271 at-bats: a .277 average with 5 home runs and 32 RBI. It was also the year of his oddest day in uniform. On July 13 at Forbes Field, with the backup catcher hurt in the 10th inning, the outfielder finished the game behind the plate, and two passed balls helped St. Louis win it in the 12th.
Manny Mota (Manuel Rafael Mota Geronimo) was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February 18, 1938, and signed with the New York Giants on February 21, 1957, for a $400 bonus. Five minor league seasons carried him from Class D Michigan City to Triple-A Tacoma, and he debuted for San Francisco on April 16, 1962. Dealt to Houston that November, he never played a game for the Colt .45's; Pittsburgh acquired him days before the 1963 season, and he spent six years as a Pirates outfielder. A June 1969 move to the Los Angeles Dodgers began the long second half of a 20-year career that brought an All-Star selection in 1973, a .304 lifetime average, and 150 career pinch hits, a record that stood until 2001. He then coached the Dodgers from 1980 through 2013, 34 straight seasons and a club record, and was elected to the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. His father, Andres, gave him the nickname El Chory, roughly Shorty, and it is still the name people know him by at home.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 383 | 2 | 66 | 186 | 71 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 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 #463 card?
It is card #463 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Manny Mota of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.