1966 Topps #103 Dick Groat
About Dick Groat
Card #103 caught Groat mid-move and comes two ways: the early printing (103a) carries no trade line, the later one (103b) adds a trade statement under the stats. The deal came October 27, 1965, when St. Louis sent Groat, Bill White and Bob Uecker to Philadelphia for Art Mahaffey, Alex Johnson and Pat Corrales. The series-one back reports 1965, the thinnest of his ten straight seasons as a regular: .254 with 149 hits and 52 runs batted in over 153 games, on a club that fell to seventh.
Dick Groat came to the majors as one of the most decorated two-sport athletes in American sport: a two-time All-American at Duke in both basketball and baseball, national player of the year on the court in 1951-52, and a first-round NBA draft pick who gave the Fort Wayne Pistons one winter. He signed with Pittsburgh in June 1952 and went straight to the big leagues without a day in the minors, then spent two years in the Army before returning in 1955 as the Pirates' everyday shortstop. From 1956 through 1962 he and Bill Mazeroski gave Pittsburgh one of the game's most efficient double-play combinations. In 1960 Groat hit .325 to win the National League batting title, was voted Most Valuable Player, and helped beat the Yankees in the World Series; a trade in November 1962 sent him to St. Louis, where he finished second in the 1963 MVP vote and won a second championship in 1964. He closed with Philadelphia and San Francisco and retired after the 1967 season, a .286 hitter with 2,138 hits and eight All-Star Game appearances over fourteen seasons. The Pirates elected him to their team Hall of Fame in 2023, news that reached him nine days before his death at 92.
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Print variations
Two states of #103 are tracked individually: 103a - No Trade Statement and 103b - With Trade Statement. The difference is on the back of the card (trade statement).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry and the Trading Card Database; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103a - No Trade Statement | |||||||||
| PSA | 170 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 16 | 19 | 0 |
| SGC | 50 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 |
| 103b - With Trade Statement | |||||||||
| PSA | 332 | 3 | 43 | 131 | 79 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #103 card?
It is card #103 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Groat of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Does 1966 Topps #103 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 103a - No Trade Statement (No trade statement on the back - the base state here) and 103b - With Trade Statement (A trade statement at the bottom of the back reports Groat's move to the Phillies; the front still shows the Cardinals). Owning any one of them fills the #103 slot; the master set counts each state.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, 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.