1965 Topps #385 Carl Yastrzemski
About Carl Yastrzemski
Card #385 is a fifth-series issue, and the season behind it is the odd one out. In 1964 Yastrzemski was not Boston's left fielder at all for most of the year: he appeared in 133 games in center field against only 16 in left, plus two at third base. The bat cooled from the batting-title year to .289 with 15 home runs and 67 runs batted in, but he legged out nine triples, more than in any other season of his 23 years. It is the quiet card in the middle of the decade run, wedged between a first batting crown and the doubles barrage of 1965.
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 | 2,907 | 2 | 93 | 669 | 624 | 546 | 373 | 594 | 6 |
| SGC | 876 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 158 | 183 | 196 | 246 | 10 |
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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #385 card?
It is card #385 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox.
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.