1964 Topps #331 A.L. Bombers - Roger Maris / Norm Cash / Mickey Mantle / Al Kaline
On this card: Roger Maris, Norm Cash, Mickey Mantle, Al Kaline
About this card
This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1964 Topps set, each gathering two or more players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
Topps called card 331 "A.L. Bombers," and the title is the whole pitch: four of the American League's loudest bats on one card, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees beside Norm Cash and Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers. The grouping reaches back to 1961, when Maris hit 61 home runs and Mantle 54 while Cash led the league at .361 with 41 of his own and Kaline batted .324 for a Detroit club that won 101 games and still finished eight behind New York. It is a fourth-series card, but four names like these make it a headline piece of the set.
Roger Maris - the Yankees right fielder who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record with 61 in 1961, a back-to-back American League MVP and three-time World Series champion in New York and St. Louis. He is not in Cooperstown. Norm Cash, "Stormin' Norman," held down first base in Detroit for fifteen seasons, won the 1961 American League batting title at .361, made five All-Star teams and helped the Tigers win the 1968 World Series, finishing with 377 home runs. Mickey Mantle was the Yankees' switch-hitting center fielder across 18 seasons, a Triple Crown winner, three-time American League Most Valuable Player and seven-time World Series champion who hit 536 home runs on ruined legs. 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.
Sources: Wikipedia (Roger Maris) · Wikipedia (Norm Cash) · Wikipedia (Mickey Mantle) · Wikipedia (Al Kaline) · SABR BioProject (Norm Cash) · SABR BioProject (Roger Maris) · SABR BioProject (Mickey Mantle) · SABR BioProject (Al Kaline) · Baseball Almanac (Roger Maris) · Baseball Almanac (Norm Cash) · Baseball Almanac (Mickey Mantle) · Baseball Almanac (Al Kaline)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 4,285 | 1 | 66 | 409 | 644 | 739 | 648 | 1,747 | 31 |
| SGC | 1,724 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 116 | 206 | 360 | 902 | 99 |
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: #433 New York Yankees, #67 Detroit Tigers
More New York Yankees cards:
- #4 1963 American League Pitching Leaders
- #21 Yogi Berra
- #36 Hal Reniff
- #50 Mickey Mantle
- #69 Clete Boyer
- #86 Al Downing
More Detroit Tigers cards:
- #6 1963 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #8 1963 American League Batting Leaders
- #12 1963 American League R.B.I. Leaders
- #19 Don Wert
- #39 Hank Aguirre
- #58 Don Demeter
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #331 card?
It is card #331 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roger Maris, Norm Cash, Mickey Mantle and Al Kaline. This is one of the eleven combo cards in the 1964 Topps set, each gathering two or more players under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
What are the key cards in the 1964 Topps set?
The #50 Mickey Mantle anchors the set, with #150 Willie Mays, #200 Sandy Koufax, #300 Hank Aaron, #440 Bob Clemente, #55 Ernie Banks and #125 Pete Rose (wearing the All-Star Rookie trophy) among the stars, the #331 A.L. Bombers card gathering Mantle with Roger Maris, Norm Cash and Al Kaline, the #423 Tops in NL card pairing Aaron and Mays, and the #243 Richie Allen and #541 Phil Niekro Rookie Stars cards.
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.