1964 Topps #210 Carl Yastrzemski
About Carl Yastrzemski
Three 1964 cards, all of them built on the 1963 breakout, and none a high number or a rookie card. #8, a first-series League Leaders card, puts Yastrzemski's .321 at the head of the American League batting race ahead of Al Kaline and Rich Rollins; he also led the league that season with 40 doubles and 95 walks. #182, 'Sox Sockers,' is a second-series pairing with Boston second baseman Chuck Schilling, a fellow Long Islander who reached the majors the same day Yastrzemski did in 1961 and was voted the club's most valuable player that year, though by 1964 he had lost the everyday job. #210 is the third-series solo card, the first Topps printed of him as a batting champion.
Carl Yastrzemski was born August 22, 1939, in Southampton, New York, and grew up on his father's Long Island potato farm before signing with the Boston Red Sox in 1958 as a Notre Dame freshman. He spent his entire 23-year career (1961-1983) with that one club, taking over left field from the retiring Ted Williams as a 21-year-old rookie and shifting later to first base and designated hitter. Nicknamed Yaz, he won three American League batting titles (1963, 1967, 1968), seven Gold Gloves and eighteen All-Star selections. His signature season came in 1967, when he took the Triple Crown by leading the league in average, home runs and runs batted in, and was voted American League Most Valuable Player one vote short of unanimously while carrying the Impossible Dream Red Sox to their first pennant since 1946. He finished with 3,419 hits and 452 home runs, the first American League player to reach both 3,000 hits and 400 homers, and he is still the Red Sox all-time leader in games, hits, runs, runs batted in, doubles and total bases. Yastrzemski was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989, his first year of eligibility, with 94.6 percent of the vote. His grandson Mike Yastrzemski later reached the majors as an outfielder.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,544 | 3 | 53 | 367 | 511 | 565 | 386 | 651 | 8 |
| SGC | 792 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 127 | 150 | 169 | 279 | 15 |
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
More Carl Yastrzemski in this set: #8 League Leaders, #182 Sox Sockers
Team card: #579 Boston Red Sox
More Boston Red Sox cards:
- #8 1963 American League Batting Leaders
- #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
- #112 Bob Tillman
- #153 Dick Williams
- #170 Dick Radatz
- #182 Sox Sockers
- #186 Roman Mejias
- #228 Felix Mantilla
- #248 Johnny Pesky
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #210 card?
It is card #210 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox.
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.