1960 Topps #230 Mound Magicians
On this card: Lew Burdette, Warren Spahn, Bob Buhl
About this card
This is one of the eleven combo cards scattered through the 1960 Topps set, each pairing two or three players under a nickname headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The players on this card
"Mound Magicians" paired three arms who made the Milwaukee Braves' rotation the National League's best for most of the decade. In 1959 Warren Spahn and Lew Burdette shared the NL lead with 21 wins apiece — Spahn logging 292 innings at age 38, Burdette 289.2 — while Bob Buhl, back from a season of arm trouble, went 15-9 with a sparkling 2.86 ERA over 198 innings. The trio carried Milwaukee to a first-place tie with the Dodgers, but the Braves lost both games of the best-of-three NL tie-breaker series that September, ending their bid for a third straight pennant. Burdette, the 1957 World Series MVP after winning three complete games against the Yankees, appears as Lou on this card's back, the spelling he used himself. Spahn, the winningest lefty in history, reached Cooperstown in 1973.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 698 | 1 | 12 | 161 | 184 | 127 | 79 | 130 | 4 |
| SGC | 112 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 48 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. 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 #230 card?
It is card #230 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Lew Burdette, Warren Spahn, Bob Buhl.
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 2026-10-13.