1965 Topps #440 Tom Tresh
About Tom Tresh
Card #440 sits in the sixth series of the 1965 set - just a mid-run card of an established regular. Behind it is the 1964 season Tresh spent in left field under first-year manager Yogi Berra, hitting .246 with 16 home runs, 73 RBI and 13 stolen bases while New York climbed out of third place in mid-September to win a fifth straight pennant. Then came a World Series against St. Louis in which he homered twice, the second a ninth-inning shot off Bob Gibson that tied Game Five before the Cardinals took the series in seven.
Tom Tresh was a switch-hitting shortstop and outfielder who played nine big-league seasons, 1961 through 1969, with the New York Yankees until a midseason 1969 trade sent him home to the Detroit Tigers. Born in Detroit, the son of big-league catcher Mike Tresh, he starred at Allen Park High School and went back to Central Michigan University every off-season until he had his physical education degree. Named the International League's Rookie of the Year at Richmond in 1961, he took the Yankees' shortstop job the next spring while Tony Kubek served a National Guard call-up, hit .286 with 20 home runs and 93 runs batted in, and was voted American League Rookie of the Year by both the Baseball Writers and The Sporting News. His three-run homer off Jack Sanford broke an eighth-inning tie in Game Five of the 1962 World Series, and New York beat San Francisco in seven. Tresh was an All-Star in 1962 and 1963 and won a Gold Glove for his outfield work in 1965, but a right knee injury in 1967 spring training drained his speed and power; Detroit released him in the spring of 1970 at 31. He later worked at his alma mater, helped invent a sliding-technique training aid, and died in Venice, Florida, in 2008.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 464 | 2 | 58 | 202 | 116 | 50 | 20 | 16 | 0 |
| SGC | 29 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 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 #440 card?
It is card #440 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tom Tresh of the New York Yankees.
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.