1965 Topps #3 American League 1964 Home Run Leaders - Harmon Killebrew / Boog Powell / Mickey Mantle
On this card: Harmon Killebrew, Boog Powell, Mickey Mantle
About this card
Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset: twelve cards listing the 1964 leaders in six categories - batting average, home runs, runs batted in, earned run average, pitching and strikeouts - the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair.
The story on this card
This card recaps the 1964 American League home run race. Harmon Killebrew led the league with 49 homers for the Minnesota Twins, his third straight AL home run title. Boog Powell of the Baltimore Orioles finished second with a career-high 39 homers and also led the AL in slugging percentage. Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees rounded out the trio with 35 home runs. All three were established stars: Killebrew had broken the Twins' single-season home run record twice already, Powell was coming off his best power season yet, and Mantle carried a Triple Crown and multiple MVP awards into the year. The card belongs to Topps' League Leaders subset, which grouped a season's statistical leaders together rather than giving each man his own card.
Harmon Killebrew was the Twins' quiet, powerfully built slugger of the 1960s, a six-time American League home run champion who hit more homers in the decade than anyone else and won the 1969 AL Most Valuable Player award. Boog Powell - huge left-handed slugger who moved from left field to first base and became the power source of Baltimore's four pennant-winning lineups between 1966 and 1971, hitting alongside Frank and Brooks Robinson and taking the 1970 American League MVP Award. Mickey Mantle was the Yankees' switch-hitting center fielder across 18 seasons, a Triple Crown winner, three-time American League Most Valuable Player and seven-time World Series champion who hit 536 home runs on ruined legs.
Sources: Wikipedia (Harmon Killebrew) · Wikipedia (Boog Powell) · Wikipedia (Mickey Mantle) · SABR BioProject (Harmon Killebrew) · SABR BioProject (Boog Powell) · SABR BioProject (Mickey Mantle) · Baseball Almanac (Harmon Killebrew) · Baseball Almanac (Mickey Mantle)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 3,690 | 7 | 81 | 473 | 624 | 657 | 596 | 1,245 | 7 |
| SGC | 1,187 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 123 | 219 | 295 | 515 | 9 |
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. The two checklist variations, #79 and #508, are listed under the wording PSA uses for each state.
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Related cards
Team cards: #24 Minnesota Twins, #572 Baltimore Orioles, #513 New York Yankees
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #1 American League 1964 Batting Leaders
- #5 American League 1964 RBI Leaders
- #11 American League 1964 Strikeout Leaders
- #39 Gerry Arrigo
- #62 Jim Kaat
- #90 Rich Rollins
More Baltimore Orioles cards:
- #1 American League 1964 Batting Leaders
- #5 American League 1964 RBI Leaders
- #9 American League 1964 Pitching Leaders
- #15 Robin Roberts
- #33 Jackie Brandt
- #49 Orioles 1965 Rookie Stars
More New York Yankees cards:
- #1 American League 1964 Batting Leaders
- #5 American League 1964 RBI Leaders
- #11 American League 1964 Strikeout Leaders
- #13 Pedro Ramos
- #30 Jim Bouton
- #65 Tony Kubek
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #3 card?
It is card #3 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Harmon Killebrew, Boog Powell and Mickey Mantle. Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset: twelve cards listing the 1964 leaders in six categories - batting average, home runs, runs batted in, earned run average, pitching and strikeouts - the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair.
How many cards are in the 1965 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 600 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no printed-number collisions, and two checklist cards - #79 and #508 - carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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.