1966 Topps #314 Hector Valle
About Hector Valle
The 1966 card, #314, pictures Valle with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth print series - an ordinary mid-set number. He had made his last major league appearance on October 3, 1965, so this issue reached collectors after he was already out of the majors for good, and he never got into another regular-season game.
Hector Jose Valle was a Puerto Rican catcher, born October 27, 1940 in Vega Baja and signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1960. Listed at 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, he batted and threw right-handed. He reached the majors on June 6, 1965, and his entire big-league career fit inside that one summer: nine games for Los Angeles, six of them spent behind the plate. He hit .308, going 4-for-13 with two runs batted in and one run scored, and reached base at a .400 clip. All four of his hits were singles, struck off Denny Lemaster, Bob Veale and Bob Sadowski. Defensively he handled all 21 of his chances cleanly for a 1.000 fielding percentage. His last major league appearance came on October 3, 1965. He was later acquired by the New York Mets and by the Detroit Tigers, but he never got into another regular-season game in the majors. He kept catching in other farm systems and in the Mexican League for years afterward, finally hanging up his spikes following the 1981 season. Valle died in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on July 11, 2026, at the age of 85.
Sources: Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 194 | 3 | 19 | 107 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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. 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 #314 card?
It is card #314 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hector Valle of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.