1964 Topps #8 1963 American League Batting Leaders - Carl Yastrzemski / Al Kaline / Rich Rollins
On this card: Carl Yastrzemski, Al Kaline, Rich Rollins
About this card
Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset that opens the set: twelve cards recapping the 1963 leaders in six categories (E.R.A., pitching, strikeouts, batting, home runs and R.B.I.), the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
The story on this card
Card 8 in Topps' 1964 League Leaders subset recaps the 1963 American League batting race, with the top three finishers pictured together. Carl Yastrzemski took the crown at .321 for Boston, edging Al Kaline of Detroit, who hit .312, and Rich Rollins of Minnesota, who batted .307 and finished third. Yastrzemski also led the league in doubles and walks that year and made his first All-Star team and won his first Gold Glove. Kaline, playing right field for the Tigers, added 27 home runs and 101 RBIs to his batting mark. Rollins, Minnesota's third baseman, was coming off his All-Star 1962 season and held onto third place in the race despite a broken jaw suffered before the year began. The three men represent three different clubs on one card, a hallmark of Topps' leaders format.
Carl Yastrzemski, 'Yaz,' gave Boston all 23 of his seasons, following Ted Williams in left field. He won the 1967 Triple Crown and MVP, three batting titles, seven Gold Gloves and 18 All-Star nods, and reached Cooperstown on the first ballot in 1989. Mr. Tiger: Al Kaline gave the Detroit Tigers 22 seasons, most of them in right field, won the American League batting title at 20 in 1955, took home ten Gold Gloves and finished with 3,007 hits and 399 home runs. Rich Rollins was the Minnesota Twins' All-Star third baseman of the early 1960s, a Kent State product who hit .298 with 96 RBIs in his 1962 breakout season and later played for the Seattle Pilots and Cleveland Indians.
Sources: Wikipedia (Carl Yastrzemski) · Wikipedia (Al Kaline) · Wikipedia (Rich Rollins) · SABR BioProject (Carl Yastrzemski) · SABR BioProject (Al Kaline) · SABR BioProject (Rich Rollins) · Baseball Almanac (Carl Yastrzemski) · Baseball Almanac (Al Kaline) · Baseball Almanac (Rich Rollins)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 668 | 0 | 10 | 133 | 175 | 130 | 97 | 121 | 2 |
| SGC | 121 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 42 | 3 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Related cards
Team cards: #579 Boston Red Sox, #67 Detroit Tigers, #318 Minnesota Twins
More Boston Red Sox cards:
- #10 1963 American League Home Run Leaders
- #12 1963 American League R.B.I. Leaders
- #25 Bill Monbouquette
- #60 Frank Malzone
- #79 Bob Heffner
- #93 Gary Geiger
More Detroit Tigers cards:
- #6 1963 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #12 1963 American League R.B.I. Leaders
- #19 Don Wert
- #39 Hank Aguirre
- #58 Don Demeter
- #98 Bill Bruton
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #2 1963 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #4 1963 American League Pitching Leaders
- #6 1963 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #10 1963 American League Home Run Leaders
- #12 1963 American League R.B.I. Leaders
- #15 Zoilo Versalles
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #8 card?
It is card #8 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Carl Yastrzemski, Al Kaline and Rich Rollins. Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset that opens the set: twelve cards recapping the 1963 leaders in six categories (E.R.A., pitching, strikeouts, batting, home runs and R.B.I.), the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
How many cards are in the 1964 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 589 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 587 with no gaps, and no number carries two different cards; two cards - #4, the A.L. Pitching Leaders, and #517, the seventh-series checklist - carry a catalogued back variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-11.