1961 Topps #401 Babe Ruth Hits 60th Homer
Front pictures Babe Ruth.
Features a Hall of Famer: Babe Ruth.
About this card
Cards #401-410 are the Baseball Thrills subset: ten event cards recalling famous feats, from Babe Ruth's 60th home run to Harvey Haddix's twelve perfect innings.
The story on this card
Card 401 opens Topps' 1961 Baseball Thrills subset, a look back rather than a current-season issue. The moment is September 30, 1927, at Yankee Stadium: with the game tied 2-2 in the eighth and Mark Koenig on third after a triple, Babe Ruth drove a Tom Zachary pitch into the right-field stands for number 60, breaking the mark of 59 he set himself in 1921. The Yankees won 4-2 in their next-to-last game of a season they had already clinched, with Ruth batting third in the Murderers' Row order ahead of Lou Gehrig; 17 of the 60 came in September alone. The record still stood when this fifth-series card reached packs; Roger Maris passed it with his 61st on the last day of 1961.
Sources: Wikipedia (1927 New York Yankees season) · Wikipedia (Roger Maris) · SABR Games Project
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,829 | 0 | 29 | 249 | 329 | 403 | 306 | 509 | 4 |
| SGC | 699 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 78 | 125 | 167 | 299 | 3 |
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 #401 card?
It is card #401 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, Babe Ruth Hits 60th Homer. Cards #401-410 are the Baseball Thrills subset: ten event cards recalling famous feats, from Babe Ruth's 60th home run to Harvey Haddix's twelve perfect innings.
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.