1961 Topps #41 National League 1960 Batting Leaders - Dick Groat / Norm Larker / Willie Mays / Roberto Clemente
On this card: Dick Groat, Norm Larker, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente
About this card
Cards #41-50 are the League Leaders subset - the first Topps set to carry one - each card listing the 1960 leaders in one statistical category, the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
The story on this card
It is the National League Batting Leaders card in the 1961 Topps League Leaders subset, number 41 in the first print series. The race it records was decided by two points. Dick Groat of the Pirates took the crown at .325 and the National League Most Valuable Player award, this after a Lew Burdette pitch caught his left wrist on September 6 and kept him out until late in the month, while Pittsburgh clinched the pennant without him. Norm Larker, the Dodgers' first baseman, was second at .323, Willie Mays of the Giants third at .319 and Groat's teammate Roberto Clemente fourth at .314 - the four Topps put on the card, Ken Boyer's .304 just missing.
Dick Groat was Pittsburgh's shortstop and table-setter, the 1960 National League batting champion and MVP, a contact hitter who anchored two World Series winners - the 1960 Pirates and the 1964 Cardinals - before finishing up with the Phillies and Giants. Norm Larker was a Dodgers first baseman who hit .323 in 1960, finishing runner-up for the National League batting title and earning his only All-Star selection before later playing for Houston, Milwaukee and San Francisco. Willie Mays was the Say Hey Kid, the five-tool center fielder of the New York and San Francisco Giants: Rookie of the Year in 1951, Most Valuable Player in 1954 and 1965, twelve straight Gold Gloves, 660 home runs, Hall of Fame in 1979. Pittsburgh's right fielder for eighteen seasons, Roberto Clemente won four National League batting titles and twelve straight Gold Gloves, was the 1966 NL Most Valuable Player and the 1971 World Series MVP, and died flying earthquake relief in 1972.
Sources: Wikipedia (Norm Larker) · Wikipedia (Dick Groat) · Wikipedia (Willie Mays) · Wikipedia (Roberto Clemente) · SABR BioProject (Dick Groat) · SABR BioProject (Norm Larker) · SABR BioProject (Willie Mays) · SABR BioProject (Roberto Clemente) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · SABR (1) · SABR (2) · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (Norm Larker) · Baseball Almanac (Willie Mays) · Baseball Almanac (Roberto Clemente) · Baseball Almanac (2) · Retrosheet · CBS Sports
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,685 | 6 | 79 | 596 | 596 | 497 | 356 | 550 | 5 |
| SGC | 692 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 121 | 142 | 168 | 221 | 4 |
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 #41 card?
It is card #41 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Groat, Norm Larker, Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente. Cards #41-50 are the League Leaders subset - the first Topps set to carry one - each card listing the 1960 leaders in one statistical category, the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
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.