1965 Topps #425 Wayne Causey
About Wayne Causey
The fifth series of 1965 carries Causey at #425, a middling number. Kansas City had traded Dick Howser to Cleveland that winter, leaving shortstop entirely his, and 1964 became the fullest year of his career: 157 games, 604 at-bats, a .281 average, 170 hits, eight home runs, 49 runs batted in and 88 walks, which together carried him to a league-leading 265 times on base. MVP voters put him 25th. He was also stubborn about staying in the lineup, arguing his way through a hyperextended elbow in July.
James Wayne Causey, born December 26, 1936, in Ruston, Louisiana, was a sought-after third baseman out of Neville High School when Baltimore outbid Detroit and Philadelphia and signed him on June 4, 1955, for a $32,000 bonus. Any bonus above $4,000 made a player a bonus baby who had to be kept on the big league roster for two seasons, and Causey hit just .187 in 135 games as an Oriole. After nearly four years in the minors, a January 24, 1961 trade sent him, Bob Boyd, Al Pilarcik, Jim Archer and Clint Courtney to the Kansas City Athletics for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog. Kansas City made him a regular across shortstop, second and third, where he batted .270 with 640 hits in 689 games and drew American League MVP votes in 1963 and 1964. A separated shoulder and the arrival of Bert Campaneris ended that run, and he finished in 1968 with Chicago, California and Atlanta. He took off-season classes from 1956 on and earned an accounting degree from Northeast Louisiana State College in 1965.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 299 | 8 | 59 | 150 | 47 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 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 #425 card?
It is card #425 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wayne Causey of the Kansas City Athletics.
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.