1965 Topps #404 Stan Williams
Listed with Cleveland, but the picture still shows him in a Yankees cap.
Uncorrected error: Listed with Cleveland but pictured in his Yankees cap
About Stan Williams
Card 404, a fifth-series card, catches Williams mid-move: the Yankees traded him to the Cleveland Indians for 1965, and Topps lists him with Cleveland while the picture still shows him capped as a Yankee. The arm trouble traveled with him; 1966 passed in the minors at Spokane, and only in 1967 did he pitch his way back to Cleveland, going 6-4 with a 2.62 ERA.
Stanley Wilson Williams was a hard-throwing right-hander who pitched 14 major-league seasons, 1958 through 1972, for the Dodgers, Yankees, Indians, Twins, Cardinals, and Red Sox. Born in Enfield, New Hampshire, on September 14, 1936, he was three when the family moved to Denver, and the Brooklyn Dodgers signed him out of East High School in 1954, when he was 17. He reached Los Angeles in May 1958 at 21. Listed at 6-foot-5, with a fastball he was happy to run inside, he answered to "Big Daddy" for his size and strength and to "the Big Hurt" for his habit of moving hitters off the plate. He was an All-Star in 1960, his only such season, and won a career-high 15 games in 1961, though walking more than 100 batters that year showed the command trouble that kept him out of the front rank. He finished 109-94 with a 3.48 ERA, 1,305 strikeouts, 42 saves, and 11 shutouts in 482 games, and he never allowed an earned run in postseason play. He won a World Series ring with the 1959 Dodgers and a second as pitching coach of the 1990 Reds, one of 14 coaching seasons across five clubs. Williams scouted into his 70s, entered the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2013, and died in 2021 at 84.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 314 | 1 | 80 | 165 | 45 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #404 card?
It is card #404 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Stan Williams of the Cleveland Indians.
Does 1965 Topps #404 have an error?
Listed with Cleveland but pictured in his Yankees cap. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #404 reads the same way.
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.