1961 Topps #415 Hank Aaron
About Hank Aaron
Aaron turns up four times in the 1961 set. The National League home run leaders card #43 places Ernie Banks' 41 just ahead of his 40, with Eddie Mathews and Ken Boyer next; his series-5 base card #415 and the high number #577 from the Sporting News All-Stars look back at the same 1960 season: .292, 40 home runs, a league-leading 126 RBI and the third of three straight Gold Gloves, for a Milwaukee club that finished second to Pittsburgh at 88-66. The sixth-series #484 reaches further back, honoring his 1957 National League MVP award.
Henry Louis Aaron broke in with the Milwaukee Braves in 1954 out of Mobile, Alabama, after a brief stop in the Negro American League with the Indianapolis Clowns. A right fielder who batted and threw right-handed, he spent 21 seasons with the Braves and two with the Milwaukee Brewers, retiring in 1976 with a .305 average, 3,771 hits and 2,297 RBI, still the major-league record. He won the NL batting title twice (1956, 1959), led the league in home runs four times, and took the 1957 NL MVP award as the Braves won the World Series. A 25-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner, he was called Hank by Braves public relations director Don Davidson, who thought the shorter name made the quiet young star more accessible; teammates turned it into Hammerin' Hank. On April 8, 1974, in Atlanta, he hit his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth as the career leader, a record he held until 2007 while enduring racist threats throughout the pursuit. Aaron finished with 755 home runs and holds career marks for RBI, extra-base hits and total bases. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1982, his first year of eligibility, with 97.8% of the vote, and afterward held Braves front office roles, including senior vice president. He died in 2021.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 4,535 | 0 | 54 | 412 | 670 | 862 | 763 | 1,740 | 34 |
| SGC | 2,070 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 149 | 268 | 476 | 1,073 | 72 |
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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Related cards
More Hank Aaron in this set: #43 League Leaders, #484 MVP, #577 Sporting News All-Stars
Team card: #463b Milwaukee Braves Team
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- #29 Don Nottebart
- #61 Ron Piche
- #73 Al Spangler
- #84 Lee Maye
- #89 Billy Martin
- #105 Carl Willey
- #120 Ed Mathews
- #137 Chuck Dressen
- #145 Bob Buhl
- #164 Felix Mantilla
- #183 Andre Rodgers
- #200 Warren Spahn
- #217 Mel Roach
- #245 Joe Adcock
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #415 card?
It is card #415 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves.
What are the key cards in the 1961 Topps set?
The #300 Mickey Mantle is the grail of the set. The other major keys are #2 Roger Maris, #150 Willie Mays, #415 Hank Aaron, #344 Sandy Koufax, #388 Bob Clemente (printed "Bob" on the front), #287 Carl Yastrzemski (his second-year card), the #35 Ron Santo, #141 Billy Williams and #417 Juan Marichal rookie cards - all three Hall of Famers - and three more Mantle and Mays cards: #475 Mickey Mantle and #482 Willie Mays from the MVP subset and #578 Mickey Mantle from the Sporting News All-Stars. The 22 Sporting News All-Stars (#566-586 and #589) belong to the scarce seventh and last series (#523-589).
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.