1961 Topps #250 Buc Hill Aces - Vern Law / Roy Face
On this card: Vern Law, Roy Face
About this card
This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1961 Topps set, each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
Topps' 1961 combination card sets the Pirates' two pitching stars side by side: Vern Law and Roy Face, billed as the Buc Hill Aces - Buc for the Bucs, hill for the pitcher's mound. The pairing is pure 1960. Law started and Face finished for the team that took Pittsburgh's first pennant in 33 years and then beat the Yankees in seven games. Law had just won the Cy Young Award, then took Games 1 and 4 of that World Series; Face saved Games 1, 4 and 5, the first pitcher credited with three saves in one Fall Classic. Card 250 falls in the set's third series - Law debuted for Pittsburgh in 1950 and Face in 1953.
Vern Law was Pittsburgh's ace and the first Pirate to win a Cy Young Award, going 20-9 in 1960 and winning two World Series starts on a badly sprained ankle before a shoulder injury and a 1965 comeback shaped the rest of his career. Roy Face was Pittsburgh's pioneering forkball reliever, whose 18-1 season in 1959 produced the highest single-season winning percentage in major league history; he closed out three games in the 1960 World Series and retired with 193 saves.
Sources: Wikipedia (Vern Law) · Wikipedia (Roy Face) · SABR BioProject (Vern Law) · SABR BioProject (Roy Face) · Baseball Almanac (Vern Law) · Baseball Almanac (Roy Face)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 341 | 3 | 29 | 140 | 87 | 37 | 22 | 18 | 5 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 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 #250 card?
It is card #250 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Vern Law and Roy Face. This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1961 Topps set, each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
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.