1961 Topps #470 Roy Sievers
About Roy Sievers
1961 Topps #470 is a sixth-series card, and it catches Sievers in the middle of the Chicago White Sox order. He had come from Washington in an April 1960 trade that cost Chicago Earl Battey, Don Mincher and cash, and in 1961 he batted .295 with 27 home runs and 92 RBI in 141 games, a near-copy of his first Chicago season, playing almost entirely at first base. It was his fourth All-Star season: he pinch-hit for Luis Aparicio in the ninth inning of the second 1961 game at Fenway Park and struck out, in a game called for rain at 1-1, the first tie in All-Star history. The White Sox finished fourth.
Roy Sievers was a right-handed slugging first baseman and left fielder from St. Louis who broke in with the St. Louis Browns in 1949 and won the first American League Rookie of the Year award, batting .306 with 16 home runs and 91 RBI. A shoulder he wrecked in the minors in 1951 nearly finished him; surgery at Johns Hopkins and a shift to first base saved the career. Baltimore traded him to the Washington Senators for Gil Coan in February 1954, before he ever played a game for the Orioles, and he became the best bat on a chronically bad club. His signature year was 1957: he led the American League in home runs (42), RBI (114) and total bases (331) while hitting .301, and finished third in the MVP vote. He made the American League All-Star team in four seasons: 1956, 1957, 1959 and 1961. Chicago, Philadelphia and the expansion Senators carried him to 318 home runs, 1,703 hits and 1,147 RBI over 17 seasons. He later coached for the Cincinnati Reds, managed in the minor leagues, and was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 333 | 0 | 20 | 163 | 94 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 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 #470 card?
It is card #470 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roy Sievers of the Chicago White Sox.
Why is #470 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series (cards 447-522) - noticeably tougher than the first five, easier than the true highs.
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.