1961 Topps #45 National League 1960 E.R.A. Leaders - Mike McCormick / Ernie Broglio / Don Drysdale / Bob Friend / Stan Williams
On this card: Mike McCormick, Ernie Broglio, Don Drysdale, Bob Friend, Stan Williams
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
Card 45 is the 1961 Topps League Leaders board for National League earned run average, ranking the five stingiest arms of 1960. San Francisco left-hander Mike McCormick took the title at 2.70, four hundredths ahead of St. Louis right-hander Ernie Broglio at 2.74; Broglio's 21-9 also tied Warren Spahn for the league lead in wins. Don Drysdale was third at 2.84 for Los Angeles. Two men landed on 3.00: Drysdale's teammate Stan Williams, 14-10 on the year, edged fourth place, while Bob Friend, 18-12 for the world champion Pirates, settled for fifth.
Mike McCormick was a teenage bonus baby who led the National League in ERA in 1960, lost his fastball to a wrecked shoulder, then rebuilt himself on a screwball and won the 1967 Cy Young Award for the Giants at twenty-nine. Ernie Broglio - right-hander who tied for the National League lead with 21 wins for the 1960 Cardinals, then became the pitcher St. Louis traded to the Cubs for a young Lou Brock in 1964. Don Drysdale was the Dodgers' intimidating right-hander for 14 seasons, the 1962 Cy Young winner and a three-time World Series champion who in 1968 ran off six straight shutouts and a record 58 2/3 scoreless innings. Bob Friend was the Pirates' durable right-handed workhorse of the 1950s and '60s, a four-time All-Star who won the 1955 National League ERA title for a last-place club and started twice for Pittsburgh in the 1960 World Series. "Big Daddy" Williams was a 6-foot-5 fireballer who won 109 games over 14 seasons with six teams, then built a long second career as a pitching coach who helped the Red Sox, Yankees, and Reds reach the World Series.
Sources: Wikipedia (Mike McCormick (pitcher)) · Wikipedia (Ernie Broglio) · Wikipedia (Bob Friend) · Wikipedia (Don Drysdale) · Wikipedia (Stan Williams) · SABR BioProject (Stan Williams) · SABR BioProject (Mike Mccormick) · SABR BioProject (Ernie Broglio) · SABR BioProject (Don Drysdale) · SABR BioProject (Bob Friend) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball Almanac (Mike McCormick) · Baseball Almanac · Baseball Almanac (Ernie Broglio) · Baseball Almanac (Don Drysdale) · Baseball Almanac (Bob Friend)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,029 | 1 | 81 | 439 | 271 | 112 | 58 | 63 | 4 |
| SGC | 96 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 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 #45 card?
It is card #45 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mike McCormick, Ernie Broglio, Don Drysdale, Bob Friend and Stan Williams. 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.