1965 Topps #13 Pedro Ramos
About Pedro Ramos
Card #13 in the 1965 set shows Ramos in Yankee pinstripes, after the strangest year of his career. He was 7-10 with a 5.14 ERA for Cleveland when New York landed him on September 5, 1964 for $75,000 and two players to be named later. Over thirteen September relief outings he threw 21.2 innings, struck out 21, walked none and saved eight games with a 1.25 ERA, and the Yankees took the pennant by a single game. Acquired too late for World Series eligibility, he was voted a half-share anyway.
Pedro Ramos Guerra was a Cuban-born right-hander who pitched fifteen major-league seasons between 1955 and 1970 for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and the expansion Washington Senators, finishing 117-160 with a 4.08 ERA and 1,305 strikeouts. He broke in with Washington at nineteen in 1955 and worked 200 or more innings six years running from 1957 through 1962 - durability that also left him leading the American League in losses four straight seasons, 1958 through 1961, with 18, 19, 18 and 20 defeats. His lone All-Star selection came in 1959. Nicknamed "The Cuban Cowboy" for a gunslinger persona rooted in his rural Pinar del Rio upbringing, he dressed in lace-trimmed black cowboy outfits modeled on his screen idols the Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy. He repeatedly challenged Mickey Mantle to footraces the slugger never accepted, and he served the pitch Mantle drove off the Yankee Stadium facade on May 30, 1956. A Cienfuegos star in Cuba's winter league, Rookie of the Year in 1955-56 and MVP in 1960-61, he was elected in 1983 to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame, by then seated in Miami.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 353 | 4 | 55 | 168 | 78 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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 #13 card?
It is card #13 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pedro Ramos of the New York Yankees.
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.
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