1960 Topps #475 Don Drysdale
About Don Drysdale
Donald Scott Drysdale, born July 23, 1936, in Van Nuys, California, signed with Brooklyn out of Van Nuys High School and reached the majors on April 17, 1956, after brief minor-league stops at Bakersfield and Montreal. He spent his entire 14-year career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, teaming with Sandy Koufax to form one of the game's most fearsome rotations. A relentless sidearming intimidator nicknamed "Big D," he pitched inside without apology, setting the modern NL record with 154 career hit batsmen. In 1962 he went 25-9 with a league-leading 232 strikeouts to win the Cy Young Award, and in 1968 he threw a record six straight shutouts across 58 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings. He won three World Series with the Dodgers (1959, 1963, 1965), beat the Yankees in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium in 1963, and finished 209-166 with a 2.95 ERA and 2,486 strikeouts before a torn rotator cuff ended his career in 1969. His 1960 Topps cards fall in the short-printed high-number series: the base card (#475) and a Sport Magazine '60 All-Star Selection subset card (#570), issued in the season he claimed his second straight NL strikeout crown. Drysdale was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984, the same year the Dodgers retired his No. 53.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,314 | 3 | 29 | 358 | 535 | 526 | 362 | 500 | 1 |
| SGC | 510 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 74 | 110 | 134 | 164 | 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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More Don Drysdale in this set: #570 Sport Magazine All-Star
Team card: #18 Los Angeles Dodgers
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- #155 Charlie Neal
- #166 Chuck Essegian
- #191 Johnny Klippstein
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #475 card?
It is card #475 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Drysdale.
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.