1965 Topps #551 New York Mets
Hall of Famers on the 1964 New York Mets roster: Casey Stengel.
About this card
Nineteen of the twenty clubs have a team card in the 1965 Topps set, each reporting the 1964 season. Houston, renamed from the Colt .45s to the Astros in December 1964, has none; #426 Milwaukee Braves is the franchise's last Milwaukee team card.
The story on this card
This team card reports the Mets' 1964 season, their first at brand-new Shea Stadium and the third of Hall of Famer Casey Stengel's four seasons managing the club. New York finished last in the National League at 53-109, but the year was defined by the new ballpark and the crowds it drew rather than the standings. Card 551 is a high number from the seventh and final series (507-598), the print run that closes out the 1965 Topps set, and it sits inside the short-print zone of numbers 523-598. Like the other team cards in the set, it presents a single posed photograph of the Mets club, with the team pennant and the 10th-place National League finish printed beneath it.
Sources: Wikipedia (1964 New York Mets season) · Wikipedia (Casey Stengel) · Cardboard Connection
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 877 | 11 | 115 | 351 | 185 | 116 | 57 | 41 | 1 |
| SGC | 134 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 41 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 |
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 #551 card?
It is card #551 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing the New York Mets. Nineteen of the twenty clubs have a team card in the 1965 Topps set, each reporting the 1964 season. Houston, renamed from the Colt .45s to the Astros in December 1964, has none; #426 Milwaukee Braves is the franchise's last Milwaukee team card.
Is 1965 Topps #551 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last series, #507-598. Unlike most 1960s Topps sets the 1965 highs are not scarce as a run - the premium sits on the short-printed cards inside #523-598. It is also a short-print zone card. Forty-four of the 76 cards in #523-598 were short-printed; #507-522 was not. The zone is stated as a range because the catalogs disagree on exactly which cards, so no single card is marked.
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.