1960 Topps #82 Ruben Gomez
About Ruben Gomez
Rubén Gómez broke into the majors with the New York Giants on April 17, 1953, and blossomed into a frontline starter by 1954, going 17-9 as the Giants swept the World Series. Gómez started and won Game Three at Cleveland, 6-2, becoming the first Puerto Rican pitcher to win a World Series game — a national hero back home, where schools closed so students could watch him pitch. In Puerto Rico he was known as "El Divino Loco" ("the Divine Madman"), a nickname earned for his willingness to pitch in tough spots. On April 15, 1958, he added another milestone, throwing an 8-0 shutout over Don Drysdale and the Dodgers in the first major-league game played on the West Coast. That winter the Giants traded him, with Valmy Thomas, to the Phillies for Jack Sanford, and his 1960 Topps card (#82) catches him in Philadelphia flannels during a rough stretch there — 3-8 in 1959, winless in 1960 — before brief 1962 stops with Cleveland and Minnesota and a farewell cameo with the Phillies in 1967. He pitched 29 winters for Santurce in the Puerto Rican League, retiring with a circuit-record 174 wins.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 304 | 0 | 16 | 125 | 95 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 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 #82 card?
It is card #82 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ruben Gomez.
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.