1966 Topps #443 Bill Wakefield
About Bill Wakefield
Issued in the set's fifth print series, this card again shows Wakefield with the Mets, carrying forward the 1964 season that remained his only major-league campaign: 62 appearances (a club record), a 3-5 mark, 3.61 ERA and two saves as Stengel's top reliever, capped by a start in Shea Stadium's first night game and an appearance in the pennant-deciding season finale against the Cardinals.
William Sumner Wakefield, born May 24, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, pitched right-handed for one season in the major leagues. A Pembroke Country-Day and Stanford product, he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1961 and worked his way through Lancaster, Tulsa and Atlanta before a November 1963 trade sent him and George Altman to the New York Mets for Roger Craig. In 1964 the 6-foot, 175-pound right-hander made the Mets out of spring training and became Casey Stengel's workhorse, appearing in 62 games, a club record that stood for 13 years. He posted a 3-5 record with a 3.61 ERA and two saves, working almost exclusively out of the bullpen after a rough four-start trial as a starter. His final big-league appearance came on the dramatic last day of the 1964 season, against the pennant-bound Cardinals who had originally signed him.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 167 | 1 | 23 | 80 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #443 card?
It is card #443 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Wakefield of the New York Mets.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, 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.