1960 Topps #561 Al Kaline
Sport Magazine '60 All-Star Selection subset (#553-572), in the short-printed high-number series.
About this card
Cards #553-572 close the set as the Sport Magazine All-Star run, and they sit inside the scarce high-number series - which is why they are the hardest twenty cards in the set to finish.
About Al Kaline
Albert William Kaline broke into the majors as an 18-year-old bonus baby, signing with Detroit for $15,000 out of Baltimore's Southern High School and debuting June 25, 1953 — he never played a single minor-league game. By 1955 he had won the American League batting title at .340, the youngest man ever to do so. Over a 22-season career spent entirely with the Tigers, he earned the nickname "Mr. Tiger" for that rare one-franchise loyalty and made 18 All-Star teams, won ten Gold Gloves for his right-field defense and rifle arm, and finished with 3,007 hits and 399 home runs. His only World Series came in 1968, when he hit .379 with two homers and eight RBIs to help Detroit beat St. Louis in seven games. He reached 3,000 hits with a double off Baltimore's Dave McNally in September 1974 and retired weeks later. Kaline was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1980 on the first ballot, drawing 88.3% of the vote. His 1960 Topps card #50 catches him already a batting champion and fixture on the All-Star roster; card #561, a short-printed high number, places him in the Sport Magazine '60 All-Star Selection subset.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,684 | 1 | 32 | 338 | 399 | 390 | 243 | 280 | 1 |
| SGC | 368 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 116 | 7 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. The Venezuelan issue, the 1960 Topps Tattoos and Bazooka are separate products and are not counted here.
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Related cards
More Al Kaline in this set: #50
Team card: #72 Detroit Tigers
More Detroit Tigers cards:
- #6 Lou Berberet
- #22 Rocky Bridges
- #33 Tom Morgan
- #50 Al Kaline
- #85 Frank Lary
- #118 Bob Bruce
- #141 Jim Proctor
- #152 Gail Harris
- #161 Ray Narleski
- #171 Johnny Groth
- #186 Dave Sisler
- #201 Larry Osborne
- #214 Jimmie Dykes
- #245 Eddie Yost
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #561 card?
It is card #561 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Kaline. Cards #553-572 close the set as the Sport Magazine All-Star run, and they sit inside the scarce high-number series - which is why they are the hardest twenty cards in the set to finish.
Why is #561 harder to find?
It sits in the high-number series, #507-572, printed last and distributed late in the 1960 season when fewer packs were bought. Those 66 cards are the toughest run in the set and carry the twenty Sport Magazine All-Stars.
How many cards are in the 1960 Topps Baseball set?
572 cards, numbered 1-572, issued in seven series - the last Topps flagship printed entirely horizontally. Cards #375-440 exist on two back stocks, white and gray, which collectors chasing every printed variety count as 638 pieces of cardboard in all.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, 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 2026-08-20.