1962 Topps #234 World Series Game #3 - Maris Wins It In The 9th
Front pictures Roger Maris.
About this card
Cards #232-237 tell the 1961 World Series - the Yankees over the Reds - game by game, Games 1 through 5 plus a summary card of the winners celebrating. Three captions name the man pictured: Joey Jay (#233), Roger Maris (#234) and Whitey Ford (#235).
The story on this card
Game 3 of the 1961 World Series, October 7 at Crosley Field, Series tied 1-1. Bob Purkey held the Yankees to one hit through six while Frank Robinson's third-inning double put Cincinnati ahead. New York tied it in the seventh, the Reds answered on Eddie Kasko's single, then Johnny Blanchard's pinch-hit homer in the eighth made it 2-2. Leading off the ninth, Roger Maris, hitless in his first ten Series at-bats, drove a Purkey pitch into the right-field bleachers for a 3-2 win, with Luis Arroyo working the last two innings to finish it. New York took a 2-1 Series lead and won in five. Card #234 is a 1962 Topps World Series subset entry from the third series, listed with the Yankees, Maris on the front.
Sources: Wikipedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,091 | 1 | 13 | 172 | 351 | 216 | 151 | 182 | 5 |
| SGC | 231 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 3 |
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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- #1 Roger Maris
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- #31 Tom Tresh
- #48 Ralph Terry
- #65 Bobby Richardson
- #88 Ralph Houk
- #93 John Blanchard
- #110 Bill Skowron
- #136 Babe Ruth Special: Babe Joins Yanks
- #137 Babe Ruth Special: Babe and Mgr. Huggins
- #138 Babe Ruth Special: The Famous Slugger
- #139a Hal Reniff
- #139b Hal Reniff
- #139c Babe Ruth Special: Babe Hits 60
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #234 card?
It is card #234 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, World Series Game #3 - Maris Wins It In The 9th. Cards #232-237 tell the 1961 World Series - the Yankees over the Reds - game by game, Games 1 through 5 plus a summary card of the winners celebrating. Three captions name the man pictured: Joey Jay (#233), Roger Maris (#234) and Whitey Ford (#235).
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.