1962 Topps #251 New York Yankees Team
Hall of Famers on the 1961 New York Yankees roster: Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle.
About this card
This is one of the eighteen team cards in the set. Neither 1962 expansion club, the New York Mets or the Houston Colt .45s, has one.
The story on this card
This team card looks back at the 1961 Yankees, who went 109-53 under first-year manager Ralph Houk, finished eight games ahead of Detroit and won their 26th American League pennant before beating the Cincinnati Reds in five World Series games. The league expanded from eight clubs to ten that year and stretched the schedule to 162 games, the backdrop for the Maris-Mantle chase that ended with Maris hitting his 61st on the final day to pass Babe Ruth. That club hit a then-record 240 home runs and won 65 games at Yankee Stadium, a total that still stands. Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle all reached Cooperstown, and Ford took World Series MVP honors. Card #251 belongs to Topps' third series.
Sources: Wikipedia (1961 New York Yankees season) · Wikipedia (1961 World Series)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 953 | 1 | 16 | 150 | 255 | 191 | 146 | 191 | 3 |
| SGC | 192 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 37 | 44 | 48 | 43 | 5 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #251 card?
It is card #251 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing the New York Yankees. This is one of the eighteen team cards in the set. Neither 1962 expansion club, the New York Mets or the Houston Colt .45s, has one.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-03.