1960 Topps #564 Willie Mays
Willie Mays's high-number All-Star card — the classic swinging follow-through.
About this card
Cards #553-572 close the set as the Sport Magazine All-Star run, and they sit inside the scarce high-number series - which is why they are the hardest twenty cards in the set to finish.
About Willie Mays
Willie Mays broke into pro ball with the Birmingham Black Barons in 1948, signing with the Giants out of high school in 1950 and debuting in New York the next spring to win NL Rookie of the Year honors. His over-the-shoulder catch off Vic Wertz in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series remains one of the sport's signature plays, part of an MVP season that carried the Giants to their last New York title. After the move to San Francisco, Mays anchored center field through the franchise's early West Coast years, winning a second MVP in 1965 and topping 100 RBI in ten seasons. A five-tool star, he took 12 consecutive Gold Gloves, led the NL in home runs four times, and finished with 660 home runs, 3,293 hits and a .301 average. Teammates and writers knew him as "the Say Hey Kid," credited to sportswriter Barney Kremenko after Mays's habit of greeting people with "say hey" as a rookie. He entered the Hall of Fame in 1979 on the first ballot with 94.7% of the vote. His 1960 Topps #200 lands at a hero number amid those first San Francisco seasons, regarded by many as his best-looking card of the decade, while short-printed high number #564, from the Sport Magazine All-Star subset, shows a classic swinging follow-through.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 3,067 | 0 | 12 | 235 | 539 | 690 | 497 | 1,087 | 7 |
| SGC | 1,125 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 85 | 148 | 250 | 603 | 21 |
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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Related cards
More Willie Mays in this set: #200
Team card: #151 San Francisco Giants
More San Francisco Giants cards:
- #7 Master & Mentor
- #23 Eddie Fisher
- #42 Hobie Landrith
- #67 Jose Pagan
- #80 Johnny Antonelli
- #140 Julio Navarro
- #144 Al Stieglitz
- #154 Jim Davenport
- #165 Jack Sanford
- #172 Willie Kirkland
- #181 Billy Loes
- #192 Danny O'Connell
- #200 Willie Mays
- #225 Bill Rigney
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #564 card?
It is card #564 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Willie Mays. Cards #553-572 close the set as the Sport Magazine All-Star run, and they sit inside the scarce high-number series - which is why they are the hardest twenty cards in the set to finish.
Why is #564 harder to find?
It sits in the high-number series, #507-572, printed last and distributed late in the 1960 season when fewer packs were bought. Those 66 cards are the toughest run in the set and carry the twenty Sport Magazine All-Stars.
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.