1964 Topps #470 Jim Bouton
About Jim Bouton
Three cards carry Bouton through the 1964 set, all of them earned by a 21-7, 2.53 ERA season in 1963 that included his only All-Star selection, a September 13 shutout of Minnesota that clinched New York's fourth straight pennant, and a World Series Game 3 start he lost 1-0 to Don Drysdale. Series-1 card #4 is the League Leaders entry for the American League's 1963 pitching leaders, pairing him with Whitey Ford and Camilo Pascual of the Twins; it exists two ways, with and without an apostrophe after the word Pitching on the back. Series-3 card #219, Young Aces, puts him alongside fellow Yankees starter Al Downing. Card #470 is his own, from series 6.
Jim Bouton signed with the New York Yankees for a $30,000 bonus and reached the majors in April 1962, working as a swingman for a club that won the World Series that fall; his tenacity on the mound earned him the nickname Bulldog. He broke through in 1963 at 21-7 with a 2.53 ERA and made his only All-Star team, then went 18-13 in 1964 and won both of his World Series starts as the Yankees fell to St. Louis in seven games. His career World Series mark is 2-1 with a 1.48 ERA across three starts. A sore bicep in 1965 cost him his fastball, and after several losing seasons he rebuilt himself around a knuckleball, carrying him to the expansion Seattle Pilots and then the Houston Astros in 1969. He turned that season into Ball Four (1970), a diary whose candor about clubhouse drinking, amphetamines and womanizing drew a public rebuke from Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who called it detrimental to baseball; it later became the only sports book on the New York Public Library's Books of the Century list. He pitched once more in the majors, for Atlanta in 1978 after an eight-year absence, and later worked as a broadcaster and actor. He died on July 10, 2019, at 80, of cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 362 | 2 | 26 | 151 | 117 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 29 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
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 Jim Bouton in this set: #4 League Leaders, #219 Young Aces
Team card: #433 New York Yankees
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
- #100 Elston Howard
- #118 John Blanchard
- #139 World Series Game #4 - Sealing Yanks' Doom
- #164 Bud Daley
- #190 Bobby Richardson
- #206 Steve Hamilton
- #219 Young Aces
- #225 Roger Maris
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #470 card?
It is card #470 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Bouton of the New York Yankees.
Why is #470 harder to find?
It is a series 5-6 card. Cards from the fifth and sixth print series (#371-522) are a step tougher to find than #1-370; availability in 1964 runs in three tiers, not a cliff.
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.