1961 Topps #297 Kansas City Athletics Team
Hall of Famers on the 1960 Kansas City Athletics roster: Whitey Herzog and Dick Williams.
About this card
The sixteen team cards pair a club photo with the previous season's record. Neither 1961 expansion club, the Los Angeles Angels or the new Washington Senators, has one.
The story on this card
Card #297 pictures the 1960 Kansas City Athletics, who went 58-96 under manager Bob Elliott and finished eighth and last in the American League's final season as an eight-team circuit, 39 games behind the pennant-winning Yankees. A total of 774,944 fans passed through Municipal Stadium that year. Owner Arnold Johnson died that March, and Charlie Finley bought the club from his estate in December 1960. The roster included two future Hall of Famers, both honored for their later work as managers: outfielder Whitey Herzog and Dick Williams, who hit .288 with 12 home runs and 65 RBI. The card belongs to the fourth print series.
Sources: Wikipedia (1960 Kansas City Athletics season) · Wikipedia (Kansas City Athletics) · Wikipedia (Whitey Herzog) · Wikipedia (Dick Williams) · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 356 | 1 | 10 | 128 | 132 | 57 | 16 | 11 | 1 |
| SGC | 36 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 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 #297 card?
It is card #297 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Kansas City Athletics. The sixteen team cards pair a club photo with the previous season's record. Neither 1961 expansion club, the Los Angeles Angels or the new Washington Senators, has one.
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.