1961 Topps #404 Hornsby Tops NL With .424 Average
Features a Hall of Famer: Rogers Hornsby.
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
Card No. 404 retells the 1924 season, when Rogers Hornsby batted .424 for the St. Louis Cardinals, a mark no major leaguer has matched since. The right-handed second baseman collected 227 hits in 143 games and led the National League in average, hits, doubles, walks, total bases, on-base percentage (.507) and slugging (.696), all for a sixth-place club that finished 65-89. The league's most valuable player award still went to Brooklyn pitcher Dazzy Vance. Hornsby spent twelve seasons in St. Louis and managed the Cardinals to the 1926 World Series title as their player-manager; he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1942. The card sits in the Baseball Thrills subset in the fifth series, with Hornsby pictured on the front.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 704 | 3 | 43 | 245 | 202 | 110 | 44 | 56 | 1 |
| SGC | 137 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 38 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 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 #404 card?
It is card #404 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, Hornsby Tops NL With .424 Average. 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.