1964 Topps #89 Boog Powell
About Boog Powell
Card #89 sits in the first series, on shelves ahead of the biggest slugging season Powell ever had. He was still Baltimore's left fielder in 1964, and he hit 39 home runs, drove in 99 runs and led the American League with a .606 slugging percentage, closing in on Jim Gentile's club record of 46 homers until a wrist he sprained in Boston on August 20 cost him 28 games. Hank Bauer's first Baltimore club finished third at 97-65, two games behind the pennant-winning Yankees. Whatever doubts anyone still had about the bat, this was the year they stopped.
John Wesley Powell was born August 17, 1941, in Lakeland, Florida, and moved to Key West as a teenager, starring in football, basketball and baseball at Key West High School before signing with the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1959. A huge left-handed hitter, he climbed the farm system fast and led the International League in home runs for Rochester in 1961, the summer Baltimore called him up in September. Powell spent his first three seasons as a slow-footed left fielder before shifting to first base in 1965, and he supplied the power in the middle of the Orioles order that won four American League pennants and two World Series between 1966 and 1971, hitting alongside Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson. He led the league in slugging in 1964, made four straight All-Star teams from 1968 through 1971, and was the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1970. He finished up with the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Dodgers, retiring in 1977 with a .266 average, 339 home runs and 1,187 runs batted in over 17 seasons. Baltimore elected him to the Orioles Hall of Fame in 1979, and he has been a Camden Yards fixture since opening his barbecue stand there in 1992.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 441 | 0 | 18 | 138 | 121 | 80 | 36 | 48 | 0 |
| SGC | 50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #89 card?
It is card #89 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Boog Powell of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.