1965 Topps #128 Vic Davalillo
About Vic Davalillo
Card #128 sits in the second series. The back carries his first full season with Cleveland: 150 games, a .270 average, 64 runs, a career-high 156 hits, 26 doubles and 21 stolen bases. It reached candy counters months after he finished second among American League center fielders in fielding percentage and was handed the league's 1964 Gold Glove in center. The card lists him at five foot seven and 155 pounds.
Vic Davalillo was a minor-league pitcher before the bat took over. He won the International League batting title with Jacksonville at .346 in 1962 and reached the majors with Cleveland on April 9, 1963. Across 16 big-league seasons (1963-1980) the left-handed-hitting outfielder played for the Indians, Angels, Cardinals, Pirates, Athletics and Dodgers, won the 1964 Gold Glove in center field as the first left-handed-throwing outfielder honored in the American League, and started the 1965 All-Star Game. He remade himself as a pinch hitter, with 23 for the 1970 Cardinals, a total the record books long carried as 24, and his two-out bunt single in the ninth started the rally that beat Philadelphia in Game 3 of the 1977 NLCS, a series the Dodgers clinched a day later. He won championships with the 1971 Pirates and the 1973 Athletics. Beyond his 1,122 major-league hits he played 30 winter seasons in Venezuela, where he remains the career leader in hits and batting average and joined the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame's 2003 charter class.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 315 | 1 | 63 | 183 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 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 #128 card?
It is card #128 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Vic Davalillo 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.