1960 Topps #136 Jim Kaat
Jim Kaat's rookie card — 283 career wins and 16 Gold Gloves later, he reached Cooperstown in 2022.
About this card
The Sport Magazine Rookie Star subset marks players Sport magazine tipped for 1960, and it is where the set's marquee rookies live, headed by #148 Carl Yastrzemski and #316 Willie McCovey.
About Jim Kaat
Jim Kaat broke into the majors in 1959 with the Washington Senators, a 20-year-old left-hander out of Hope College — the same year Topps later caught him in Washington flannels as a Sport Magazine Rookie Star on card #136, one of the true key rookie cards in the 1960 set. Signed by the Senators in 1957 after his father talked him out of a bigger White Sox bonus offer, Kaat went on to pitch 25 major-league seasons, most of them anchoring the Senators/Twins rotation from 1959 to 1973. He led the American League with 25 wins and 19 complete games in 1966, and started three games against Sandy Koufax in the 1965 World Series, winning Game 2. A fielding wizard nicknamed "Kitty," he strung together a record 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards (1962-1977), a mark later broken only by Greg Maddux. Kaat reinvented himself as a bullpen specialist in his 40s and finally won a championship ring with the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals. He retired with 283 wins and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022 by the Golden Days Era Committee.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 3,056 | 0 | 8 | 273 | 623 | 747 | 516 | 887 | 2 |
| SGC | 1,115 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 97 | 195 | 362 | 426 | 10 |
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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #136 card?
It is card #136 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Kaat. The Sport Magazine Rookie Star subset marks players Sport magazine tipped for 1960, and it is where the set's marquee rookies live, headed by #148 Carl Yastrzemski and #316 Willie McCovey.
Is 1960 Topps #136 a rookie card?
Yes - #136 is the 1960 Topps rookie card of Jim Kaat.
What is the 1960 Topps Venezuelan version?
Topps licensed a parallel printing for the Venezuelan market covering roughly the first 196 cards. It is a separate issue on thinner stock with Spanish text on the back, collected on its own and not part of finishing this 572-card set.
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.