1968 Topps #313 Al Weis
About Al Weis
Weis' Mets debut was one to forget: on April 15, 1968, leading off and playing shortstop in the Astrodome, he watched Bob Aspromonte's bases-loaded grounder roll through his legs in the bottom of the 24th, handing Houston the only run of the longest 1-0 game ever played. Two days later he went 2-for-4 with an RBI in his first game at Shea and won the crowd back. He hit .172 over 90 games, spelling Bud Harrelson at shortstop and Ken Boswell at second, and his lone home run, off Atlanta's Cecil Upshaw, was the only one he ever hit left-handed; he gave up switch-hitting after the season. Card #313 is a fourth-series number.
Albert John Weis, known to his teammates as Weasel, was a slender infielder who switch-hit for most of his career and played ten major league seasons for the Chicago White Sox and New York Mets between 1962 and 1971. Born in Franklin Square, New York, and raised in Bethpage, he graduated from Farmingdale High School in 1955 and joined the Navy at seventeen; the White Sox spotted him on the base team at Naval Station Norfolk and signed him as an amateur free agent in 1959. Four seasons in the farm system produced a .266 average and a September call-up in 1962, and he settled in as Chicago's utility man behind second baseman Nellie Fox and shortstop Ron Hansen. Traded to the Mets in December 1967 with center fielder Tommie Agee, Weis was acquired by manager Gil Hodges chiefly for his glove. A career .219 hitter with seven home runs in 800 games, he authored one of the great postseason surprises in October 1969, leading all batters in the World Series at .455 and taking the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America's Babe Ruth Award as the Series' outstanding player. Released by the Mets on July 1, 1971, he and his wife, Barbara, raised their family in Elmhurst, Illinois.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 379 | 21 | 125 | 173 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 24 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 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. Slabs of the yellow team-letter #49 and #66 are 1968 Milton Bradley game cards and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1968 Topps #313 card?
It is card #313 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Weis of the New York Mets.
How many cards are in the 1968 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 606 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 without a gap and no printed number carries two different cards; eight cards - six of the seven checklists, #10 AL Pitching Leaders and #400 Mike McCormick - carry a catalogued print variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, Baseball Almanac, Beckett, 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 2026-10-12.