1960 Topps #135 Ken Johnson
Sport Magazine 1960 Rookie Star subset (#117-148).
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 Ken Johnson
Kenneth Travis Johnson signed with the Athletics organization at 18 and spent nearly a decade in the minors before debuting with Kansas City on September 13, 1958. Oddly, he batted and wrote left-handed but pitched right-handed — as a boy, his father put the glove on his left hand out of habit and taught him to throw from the right side. Johnson's 1960 Topps card, #135, part of the Sport Magazine Rookie Star subset, catches him in his first full big-league season, when he worked 42 games — mostly in relief — for a last-place Kansas City club. Traded to Cincinnati after adding a knuckleball, he helped the Reds win the NL pennant and pitched a scoreless inning against the Yankees in the World Series. With Houston in 1964, he became the only pitcher in major-league history to lose a complete-game nine-inning no-hitter, falling 1–0 to the Reds. His best seasons came with the Braves (1965–67), and he retired in 1970 with a 91–106 record, 3.46 ERA and 1,042 strikeouts.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 503 | 1 | 17 | 193 | 183 | 74 | 17 | 18 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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 #135 card?
It is card #135 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Johnson. 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 #135 a rookie card?
Yes - #135 is the 1960 Topps rookie card of Ken Johnson.
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.