1961 Topps #25 Reds' Heavy Artillery - Gus Bell / Vada Pinson / Frank Robinson
On this card: Gus Bell, Vada Pinson, Frank Robinson
About this card
This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1961 Topps set, each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
Topps put Gus Bell, Vada Pinson, and Frank Robinson together on this Reds' Heavy Artillery combination card, saluting the trio as Cincinnati's most dangerous bats. Card #25 sits in the first print series. The 1960 season earned the title: Robinson hit .297 with 31 home runs and 83 RBIs in 139 games and led the majors in slugging, Pinson batted .287 in all 154 games with 187 hits, a league-best 37 doubles, 20 home runs, and 32 steals, and Bell, in his last year as an everyday outfielder, started 122 of the Reds' 154 games. All three played on the 1961 pennant winner, and Bell wore No. 25 for the Reds.
A four-time All-Star and the first of three big league generations of Bells, Gus Bell spent nine seasons in the Cincinnati outfield, drove in 100 runs four times, and closed out his career with the Mets and the Braves. Cincinnati's graceful center fielder and Frank Robinson's running mate, Vada Pinson was a four-time All-Star and Gold Glove winner who reached 200 hits four times and closed an 18-year career with 2,757 hits and 256 home runs. Frank Robinson - Cincinnati's 1961 National League MVP, then Baltimore's 1966 American League Triple Crown winner, MVP and World Series MVP after one of baseball's most lopsided trades; nicknamed "the Judge," he later became the majors' first Black manager.
Sources: Wikipedia (Frank Robinson) · Wikipedia (Vada Pinson) · Wikipedia (Gus Bell) · SABR BioProject (Gus Bell) · SABR BioProject (Vada Pinson) · SABR BioProject (Frank Robinson) · Baseball Almanac (Frank Robinson) · Baseball Almanac (Gus Bell) · Baseball Almanac (Vada Pinson)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 813 | 2 | 56 | 233 | 187 | 147 | 77 | 107 | 4 |
| SGC | 147 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 38 | 34 | 2 |
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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Team card: #249 Cincinnati Reds Team
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- #110 Vada Pinson
- #135 Fred Hutchinson
- #162 Jay Hook
- #166 Danny Kravitz
- #175 Gene Freese
- #194 Gordy Coleman
- #215 Gus Bell
- #233 Joe Jay
- #244 Chico Cardenas
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #25 card?
It is card #25 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gus Bell, Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson. This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1961 Topps set, each pairing two or three players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
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.