1961 Topps #406 Mantle Blasts 565 ft. Home Run
The front shows no player: it is an aerial view of Griffith Stadium with the flight of the ball drawn in and marked 565 feet.
Features a Hall of Famer: Mickey Mantle.
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
On April 17, 1953, with two out in the top of the fifth, Mickey Mantle batted right-handed against Washington southpaw Chuck Stobbs and drove a 1-and-0 pitch over the left-center wall at Griffith Stadium, past the bleachers, off a beer sign atop the 55-foot wall behind them and out of the park. No other batter is known to have cleared it. Yankees publicist Red Patterson left the press box, found the boy who had the ball, and added 105 feet to the 460-foot back wall to announce 565 feet, the blow that gave baseball the phrase tape-measure home run. Historians since have argued for something nearer 510 to 538 feet. Card 406 belongs to Topps' 1961 Baseball Thrills subset, print series 5.
Sources: National Baseball Hall of Fame · SABR Games Project · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 3,743 | 4 | 98 | 584 | 747 | 762 | 582 | 952 | 14 |
| SGC | 1,343 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 166 | 218 | 288 | 583 | 26 |
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 #406 card?
It is card #406 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, Mantle Blasts 565 ft. Home Run. 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.