1962 Topps #235 World Series Game #4 - Ford Sets New Mark
Pictures Whitey Ford.
Pictures a Hall of Famer: Whitey Ford.
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
Card 235 belongs to the 1962 Topps World Series subset, which recaps the 1961 Fall Classic between the Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds, and it pictures Whitey Ford. Ford started Game 4 at Crosley Field on October 8, 1961, and retired the first nine Reds; when Elio Chacon grounded to Bobby Richardson for the last out of the third, Ford passed Babe Ruth's World Series mark of 29 2/3 scoreless innings, set for the Red Sox in 1916 and 1918. An ankle injury ended his day after five innings, the record at 32, and Jim Coates finished the 7-0 shutout. The win put New York up three games to one; Ford was named Series Most Valuable Player. It is print series 3.
Sources: Wikipedia · National Baseball Hall of Fame
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 543 | 0 | 12 | 150 | 191 | 92 | 44 | 51 | 3 |
| SGC | 87 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 0 |
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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- #48 Ralph Terry
- #65 Bobby Richardson
- #88 Ralph Houk
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- #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 #235 card?
It is card #235 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, World Series Game #4 - Ford Sets New Mark. 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).
Who is pictured on #235?
Whitey Ford - the caption Ford Sets New Mark names him, and the card counts as a Hall of Fame card on that basis.
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.