1965 Topps #583 Wes Covington
Card #583 falls in the 1965 set's seventh series, inside its short-print zone.
About Wes Covington
Card #583 is Covington's lone 1965 issue, a high number out of the seventh series that TCDB, Cardsmiths and BaseballCardPedia all list among that run's short prints. It reports 1964: a .280 average, 13 home runs and 58 RBI in 129 games, platooning in left field with rookie Danny Cater. Philadelphia led by 6 1/2 games with 12 to play, then lost ten straight; Covington hit .150 with no home runs or RBI through the skid.
John Wesley Covington entered pro ball in 1952 with the Class C Eau Claire Bears, then a Boston Braves farm club, rooming with Hank Aaron at the local YMCA; Aaron later wrote that onlookers then would have picked Covington as the future star. He debuted with Milwaukee on April 19, 1956, and became the Braves' left-handed power bat behind Aaron and Eddie Mathews, hitting .284 with 21 home runs in 1957 as Milwaukee beat the Yankees for the title, then .330 with 24 in 1958 before the Yankees won the rematch. A torn ankle ligament in August 1959 cost him his footing, and by 1961 he was out of Milwaukee, reaching Philadelphia after a midseason tour of two American League clubs. He spent five seasons as a Phillies platoon left fielder and pinch-hitter, clashing with manager Gene Mauch, and played his last big-league game in October 1966, finishing with a .279 average and 131 home runs over eleven seasons. He later ran businesses in Philadelphia and in Edmonton, Alberta, where he died in 2011.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 356 | 3 | 72 | 180 | 71 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 28 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 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 #583 card?
It is card #583 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wes Covington of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Is 1965 Topps #583 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last series, #507-598. Unlike most 1960s Topps sets the 1965 highs are not scarce as a run - the premium sits on the short-printed cards inside #523-598. It is also a short-print zone card. Forty-four of the 76 cards in #523-598 were short-printed; #507-522 was not. The zone is stated as a range because the catalogs disagree on exactly which cards, so no single card is marked.
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.