1964 Topps #136 World Series Game 1 - Koufax Strikes Out 15
The front pictures Sandy Koufax.
Pictures a Hall of Famer: Sandy Koufax.
About this card
Cards #136-140 tell the 1963 World Series, the Dodgers' four-game sweep of the Yankees: Koufax Strikes Out 15, Davis Sparks Rally, L.A. Takes 3rd Straight, Sealing Yanks' Doom and The Dodgers Celebrate.
The story on this card
Game 1 of the 1963 World Series sent Sandy Koufax against the two-time defending champion New York Yankees, and he struck out 15 of them, a Series record that bettered Carl Erskine's 14 from 1953. Koufax fanned the first five men he faced and finished the afternoon by striking out pinch-hitter Harry Bright. Whitey Ford cracked in the second: Frank Howard doubled, Bill Skowron singled him home, and John Roseboro followed a Dick Tracewski single with a three-run homer for a 4-0 lead. Skowron singled Willie Davis home in the third, and Los Angeles held on 5-2 after Tom Tresh's two-run homer in the eighth. The Dodgers swept the Series in four and Koufax was named its Most Valuable Player. Card #136 opens the five-card World Series subset in this set's second print series.
Sources: Wikipedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,480 | 0 | 30 | 198 | 264 | 264 | 236 | 473 | 15 |
| SGC | 417 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 36 | 79 | 120 | 163 | 4 |
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 card: #531 L. A. Dodgers
More Los Angeles Dodgers cards:
- #1 1963 National League E.R.A. Leaders
- #3 1963 National League Pitching Leaders
- #5 1963 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #7 1963 National League Batting Leaders
- #14 Dodgers 1964 Rookie Stars
- #30 Ron Perranoski
- #51 Pete Richert
- #68 Willie Davis
- #88 John Roseboro
- #101 Walt Alston
- #120 Don Drysdale
- #137 World Series Game #2 - Davis Sparks Rally
- #138 World Series Game #3 - L.A. Takes 3rd Straight
- #139 World Series Game #4 - Sealing Yanks' Doom
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #136 card?
It is card #136 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, World Series Game #1 - Koufax Strikes Out 15. Cards #136-140 tell the 1963 World Series, the Dodgers' four-game sweep of the Yankees: Koufax Strikes Out 15, Davis Sparks Rally, L.A. Takes 3rd Straight, Sealing Yanks' Doom and The Dodgers Celebrate.
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.