1961 Topps #206 Gene Green
About Gene Green
1961 Topps #206 lists Green with the brand-new Washington Senators, who had taken him out of the Baltimore organization at the expansion draft on December 14, 1960. The season that followed was the best of his career: 79 games behind the plate with 75 starts, 21 more starts in right field, and team-leading totals of 18 home runs and a .489 slugging percentage, plus a pinch-hit grand slam in August. His 62 RBI finished one behind team leader Willie Tasby. The card is a series 3 number.
Gene Leroy Green was a right-handed outfielder and catcher, born in Los Angeles on June 26, 1933 and signed by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1952. He spent six full years in the Cardinals' farm system, clearing 20 home runs four times, before he debuted for St. Louis on September 10, 1957. A full 1958 season followed and became his high-water mark for playing time: 137 games, 124 hits and a .281 average, with 71 starts in right field and 48 behind the plate. He slipped to .189 in 30 games in 1959 and was traded to Baltimore that December, going with Chuck Staniland for Bob Nieman; the Orioles then kept him at Triple-A for all of 1960 except one September game. American League expansion handed him a second chance, and he spent his last three seasons as a power bat and spare catcher in Washington, Cleveland and Cincinnati. Seven big-league seasons left him at .267 with 46 home runs and 160 RBI in 408 games; he was often a pinch hitter and was below average in the outfield. He spent 1964 in the minors before leaving the game, and died in St. Louis in 1981 at 47.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 304 | 3 | 46 | 161 | 61 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 #206 card?
It is card #206 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gene Green of the Washington Senators.
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.