1961 Topps #241 Al Cicotte
About Al Cicotte
The Cardinals bought in on October 11, 1960, sending pitcher Cal Browning, outfielder Leon Wagner, cash and a player to be named to Toronto for him. St. Louis then handed him the heaviest workload of his major-league career: 29 games, seven of them starts, 75 innings, 51 strikeouts and 34 walks, though he also gave up 16 home runs and finished 2-6 with a 5.28 ERA. It was his only season in St. Louis. Card 241 in the 1961 Topps set is a third print series card listing him with the Cardinals.
Alva Warren Cicotte grew up in Melvindale, Michigan, a small suburb southwest of Detroit, where he starred in baseball, basketball and football and was named quarterback on the 1948 All-State Michigan high school team. He idolized Bob Feller, and pitching won out: shortly after graduating he signed with the New York Yankees organization for $250 a month as an eighteen-year-old right-hander. Nearly a decade in the Yankees chain followed, interrupted by two hitches in Air Force service, before he reached the majors on April 22, 1957. His blazing fastball always outran his control, and he walked 119 batters in 260 major-league innings. He pitched for the Yankees, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, then had the best year of his career in 1960 with the International League Toronto Maple Leafs, leading the circuit in wins, strikeouts, shutouts and ERA and throwing an eleven-inning no-hitter against the Montreal Royals. Two National League seasons closed him out at 10-13 with a 4.36 ERA and 149 strikeouts in 102 games. He was a great-nephew of Eddie Cicotte, the pitcher banned for life over the 1919 Black Sox scandal, and he sold insurance after baseball.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 375 | 0 | 59 | 191 | 82 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 #241 card?
It is card #241 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Cicotte of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.