1966 Topps #9 Clete Boyer
About Clete Boyer
Boyer turns up early in the 1966 set at #9, a first-series card reporting a solid 1965: .251 with 18 home runs, tying his career high, and 58 RBI in 148 games. The context around it was grim. After five straight pennants the Yankees slid to sixth place, their lowest finish in 40 years, and the run of Octobers that had put Boyer at third base in five consecutive World Series was over. Johnny Keane was the manager by then, and he would be fired two weeks into the 1966 season, with Ralph Houk stepping back down from the front office to take the club.
Cletis Leroy 'Clete' Boyer, born February 9, 1937, in Cassville, Missouri, grew up in Alba as one of fourteen children; all seven Boyer boys signed professional contracts, and two older brothers reached the majors -- Cardinals pitcher Cloyd, and Ken, the St. Louis third baseman named 1964 National League MVP. Kansas City signed Clete for a reported $35,000 bonus on May 30, 1955, and the bonus-baby rule sent him from Alba High School straight to the Athletics with no minor league time at all. A 13-player deal, finally completed on June 4, 1957, made him a Yankee, and he took over third base in 1960 on the strength of an arm and a glove teammates rated with anyone's. He played in five straight Yankees World Series from 1960 through 1964, winning in 1961 and 1962. Traded to Atlanta after the 1966 season, he put up career highs in 1967 and won a Gold Glove in 1969; with Ken already holding five, the Boyers became the first brothers to each win the award. He hit .242 with 162 home runs and 654 RBI across 16 major league seasons, then played four years in Japan for the Taiyo Whales, coached in the majors, and died June 4, 2007.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 379 | 1 | 21 | 124 | 114 | 48 | 32 | 39 | 0 |
| SGC | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 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 #9 card?
It is card #9 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Clete Boyer of the New York Yankees.
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.