1965 Topps #330 Whitey Ford
About Whitey Ford
Ford's 1965 card, #330 in the fourth series, follows a 1964 that read better on paper than it felt: 17-6 with a 2.13 earned run average, the second-lowest of his career behind the 2.01 he posted in 1958, another All-Star selection, and a fifth straight Yankees pennant. He pitched much of that summer with pain and numbness in his arm, and it cost him October. He lost Game 1 to St. Louis, never appeared in a World Series again, and the Cardinals took the seventh game.
Whitey Ford spent his entire 16-year career with the New York Yankees, 1950 and 1953 through 1967, and left as the winningest pitcher in franchise history. Signed as an amateur free agent in 1947, he lost 1951 and 1952 to Army service during the Korean War, then came back to anchor a club that took eleven pennants and six World Series titles in his seasons. Minor-league manager Lefty Gomez tagged the blond left-hander Whitey; Casey Stengel called him Slick; catcher Elston Howard named him the Chairman of the Board for the calm he kept in trouble. He had no overpowering fastball and leaned instead on a curve he could throw in any count and on pinpoint control. Ford led the American League in wins three times and in earned run average twice, was picked for ten All-Star squads, and in 1961 went 25-4 for the Cy Young Award after new manager Ralph Houk let him start every fourth day. He holds the World Series records for wins, starts, innings and strikeouts, and his 33 2/3 straight scoreless Series innings erased Babe Ruth's mark of 29 2/3. Shoulder trouble finished him in May 1967 at 38, at 236-106 with a 2.75 earned run average. The National Baseball Hall of Fame elected him in 1974.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,425 | 0 | 44 | 296 | 288 | 240 | 203 | 349 | 5 |
| SGC | 338 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 43 | 55 | 74 | 130 | 13 |
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 #330 card?
It is card #330 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Whitey Ford 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.
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.