1961 Topps #199 Bob Boyd
About Bob Boyd
Boyd came to the Kansas City Athletics in a January 24, 1961 trade that sent him, Al Pilarcik, Jim Archer, Wayne Causey and Clint Courtney from Baltimore for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog, so card number 199, from this set's third series, shows him in an Athletics uniform rather than the Orioles gear of his five best seasons. Kansas City used him mostly off the bench,.229 in 26 games, then sold him to the Milwaukee Braves on June 10. He batted .244 in 36 games there, his only National League work and the end of his major league career.
Robert Richard Boyd, a left-handed-hitting, left-handed-throwing first baseman born in Potts Camp, Mississippi, started out in the Negro leagues with the Memphis Red Sox, batting .352, .369 and .371 in three seasons there. In 1950 he became the first Black player to sign with the Chicago White Sox, and he reached the majors on September 8, 1951. Chicago sold him to St. Louis in 1954, and Baltimore selected him from the Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft of November 1955. Nicknamed "Rope" for the line drives he hit, Boyd batted .300 or better in four of his five Baltimore seasons, peaking at .318 in 1957, fourth in the American League and the first .300 season by a regular in modern Orioles history. He led the American League in putouts at first base that year, and in April 1959 he started the first triple play ever turned on an opening day. He closed out in 1961 with Kansas City and Milwaukee, finishing at .293 with 19 home runs and 175 RBI in 693 major league games. He is a member of the Negro League Hall of Fame and the National Baseball Congress Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 307 | 1 | 32 | 157 | 77 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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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Team card: #297 Kansas City Athletics Team
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- #94 Johnny Kucks
- #106 Whitey Herzog
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- #143 Russ Snyder
- #177 Don Larsen
- #197 Dick Hall
- #212 Haywood Sullivan
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #199 card?
It is card #199 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Boyd of the Kansas City Athletics.
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.