1965 Topps #503 Phil Gagliano
Two spots earlier, #501 'Indians 1965 Rookie Stars' carries Phil's younger brother Ralph Gagliano alongside Jim Rittwage. Ralph's whole major league career was one game, as a pinch runner for Cleveland in September 1965.
About Phil Gagliano
Card #503, a sixth-series base issue, reports Gagliano's 1964: 40 games for St. Louis, a .259 average, one home run and nine RBIs, with a .262 stretch at Jacksonville in between. Two spots earlier sits #501, 'Indians 1965 Rookie Stars,' which pairs his younger brother Ralph Gagliano with Jim Rittwage. Ralph's entire major league career was one game, as a pinch runner for Cleveland on September 21, 1965, at age 18.
Phil Gagliano was a versatile utility man who spent parts of twelve major league seasons, 1963-1974, with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. A Memphis native, he signed with the Cardinals in September 1959 out of high school for a $10,000 bonus, reached the majors on April 16, 1963, and finished with 171 games at second base, 133 at third, 64 in the outfield corners and 30 at first, batting .238 with 336 hits, 14 home runs and 159 RBIs in 702 games. He was farmed out to Jacksonville in July of the Cardinals' 1964 title season and left off the World Series roster, though the club voted him a three-quarter share; he did play in the 1967 and 1968 Series, beating Boston in seven games and then losing to Detroit in seven. His best average came late: .324 for the 1971 Red Sox, part of a 1971-1973 run that made him one of the majors' top pinch hitters. His younger brother Ralph reached Cleveland for a single game in 1965. Gagliano worked in liquor sales and then as an operations manager after baseball, retired in 2002, and died December 19, 2016, in Hollister, Missouri, at age 74.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 446 | 1 | 85 | 249 | 79 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 27 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 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 #503 card?
It is card #503 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Phil Gagliano of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.