1961 Topps #311 1960 World Series Game 6 - Ford Pitches Second Shutout
Front pictures Whitey Ford
Pictures a Hall of Famer: Whitey Ford.
About this card
Cards #306-313 tell the 1960 World Series game by game - the Pirates over the Yankees on Bill Mazeroski's Game 7 home run - and close with the Pirates celebrating.
The story on this card
Card 311 belongs to the 1961 Topps World Series subset and pictures Whitey Ford, who kept the Yankees alive in Game 6 at Forbes Field on October 12, 1960. Trailing three games to two, New York battered Bob Friend and five relievers for 17 hits and a 12-0 win, scoring once in the second and five more in the third before adding two apiece in the sixth, seventh and eighth. Mickey Mantle's two-run single keyed the third, and Bobby Richardson tripled twice and drove in three. Ford answered with his second complete-game shutout of the Series, allowing seven singles, walking one and striking out five. It forced Game 7, though Casey Stengel was later criticized for letting Ford finish rather than saving him for relief. This is a fourth-series card.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 766 | 2 | 21 | 206 | 249 | 158 | 66 | 61 | 3 |
| SGC | 93 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. PSA counts are straight grades only; PSA half grades (PSA 1.5 among them) and qualified slabs are not included. SGC half grades fold down (8.5→8). Slabs of the two cards printed #463 are joined by description, never by number alone.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #311 card?
It is card #311 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, 1960 World Series Game #6 - Ford Pitches Second Shutout. Cards #306-313 tell the 1960 World Series game by game - the Pirates over the Yankees on Bill Mazeroski's Game 7 home run - and close with the Pirates celebrating.
How many cards are in the 1961 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 596 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 589, but #426, #587 and #588 were never issued and two different cards were printed #463 - Jack Fisher and the Milwaukee Braves Team card, catalogued 463b - and eight cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-05.