1964 Topps #380 Whitey Ford
The position line printed on this card reads pitcher-coach.
About Whitey Ford
The 1964 cards report 1963: 24-7 with a 2.74 earned run average and a third American League wins title, but no second Cy Young Award, because one trophy then covered both leagues and Sandy Koufax took it, beating Ford and the Yankees in the World Series opener on his way to a sweep. Card #4 is the first-series American League pitching leaders card with Camilo Pascual and Jim Bouton, and collectors split it into two states by whether an apostrophe follows the word Pitching on the back. Card #380 is a fifth-series card, and its position line reads pitcher-coach: Ford took the Yankees' pitching coach job in 1964 while still making his own starts.
Whitey Ford spent his entire 16-year career with the New York Yankees, 1950 and 1953 through 1967, and left as the winningest pitcher in franchise history. Signed as an amateur free agent in 1947, he lost 1951 and 1952 to Army service during the Korean War, then came back to anchor a club that took eleven pennants and six World Series titles in his seasons. Minor-league manager Lefty Gomez tagged the blond left-hander Whitey; Casey Stengel called him Slick; catcher Elston Howard named him the Chairman of the Board for the calm he kept in trouble. He had no overpowering fastball and leaned instead on a curve he could throw in any count and on pinpoint control. Ford led the American League in wins three times and in earned run average twice, was picked for ten All-Star squads, and in 1961 went 25-4 for the Cy Young Award after new manager Ralph Houk let him start every fourth day. He holds the World Series records for wins, starts, innings and strikeouts, and his 33 2/3 straight scoreless Series innings erased Babe Ruth's mark of 29 2/3. Shoulder trouble finished him in May 1967 at 38, at 236-106 with a 2.75 earned run average. The National Baseball Hall of Fame elected him in 1974.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,290 | 4 | 57 | 254 | 272 | 252 | 160 | 288 | 3 |
| SGC | 331 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 69 | 59 | 73 | 89 | 6 |
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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More Whitey Ford in this set: #4 League Leaders
Team card: #433 New York Yankees
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- #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
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #380 card?
It is card #380 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees.
Why is #380 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.