1965 Topps #435 Willie Davis
About Willie Davis
Card #435 arrives in the sixth series of the 1965 set with the best all-around season Davis had yet played: 180 hits, a .294 average, 91 runs, 12 home runs, 77 RBI and 42 stolen bases in 1964. The hit total and the average were personal highs as of that summer, both passed later on, while the 42 steals stood as his career best. His legs showed in the field too - he led National League outfielders in putouts and topped the league's center fielders in assists for the second straight season.
Willie Davis, born William Henry Davis on April 15, 1940, in Mineral Springs, Arkansas, signed with the Dodgers out of Los Angeles' Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1958, discovered by scout Kenny Myers after a three-sport schoolboy career that included a 9.5-second 100-yard dash. He debuted for Los Angeles on September 8, 1960, and the next season replaced former All-Star Duke Snider in center field, a post he held for thirteen years. Davis led the National League in triples twice, sharing the 1962 lead and winning the 1970 title outright, and his 31-game hitting streak in 1969 is still the Dodgers' franchise record. He helped the club win the 1963 and 1965 World Series, though three errors in one inning of the 1966 Series became his career's lasting blemish. A two-time All-Star (1971, 1973) and three-time Gold Glove winner (1971-1973), he later played for Montreal, Texas, St. Louis and San Diego, spent two seasons in Japan, closed his major league career with the California Angels in 1979 and finished in the Mexican League in 1980. He retired with 2,561 hits, 182 home runs, 398 stolen bases and 138 triples, and his 60.8 career WAR is the highest of any player who never appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot. He died in Burbank, California, on March 9, 2010.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 350 | 7 | 68 | 168 | 62 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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 #435 card?
It is card #435 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.