1961 Topps #407 Jack Chesbro Wins 41st Game
The front pictures Jack Chesbro.
Features a Hall of Famer: Jack Chesbro.
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
The Baseball Thrills subset sends card #407 back to October 7, 1904, when Jack Chesbro beat the Boston Americans 3-2 at Hilltop Park for his 41st win of the season, still the modern record. Boston came into that five-game season-ending series leading New York by .001 in winning percentage, and the win pushed Clark Griffith's Highlanders into first place with four games to go. It did not hold: Boston took both ends of the Saturday doubleheader and won the pennant on the final day, when Chesbro's ninth-inning wild pitch let the deciding run score. He finished 41-12 with 48 complete games in 51 starts, riding a spitball he had picked up that season. It is numbered in the fifth series, #407.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 416 | 2 | 23 | 174 | 126 | 56 | 21 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 48 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 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 #407 card?
It is card #407 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, Jack Chesbro Wins 41st Game. 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.