1961 Topps #405 Gehrig Benched After 2,130 Games
The front of the card pictures Lou Gehrig.
Features a Hall of Famer: Lou Gehrig.
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
On May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig told manager Joe McCarthy he was benching himself, then carried the Yankees' lineup card to home plate at Briggs Stadium in Detroit and watched Babe Dahlgren play first base in a 22-2 rout of the Tigers. The streak stopped at 2,130 straight games, begun June 1, 1925. Gehrig was hitting .143, weakened by an ailment doctors would not identify as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis until that June; he never played another major-league game, and the record stood 56 years until Cal Ripken Jr. passed it in 1995. Card 405 belongs to Topps' 1961 Baseball Thrills subset, print series 5.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,938 | 1 | 63 | 459 | 471 | 369 | 247 | 326 | 2 |
| SGC | 511 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 113 | 88 | 116 | 135 | 5 |
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 #405 card?
It is card #405 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, Gehrig Benched After 2,130 Games. 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.