1966 Topps #23 Jack Sanford
About Jack Sanford
Card #23 is Sanford's first Topps card in an Angels uniform, San Francisco having sold him to the club in August 1965. The 1965 line behind it is split between the two teams and adds up to 5-7 across 32 appearances. As a series-1 number it falls inside the 1-370 range Topps also issued that year as a licensed Venezuelan parallel, near-identical to the American printing, so buyers check the back stock before paying up.
Jack Sanford, born John Stanley Sanford in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, reached the majors in September 1956, nine years after signing his first professional contract. At 28 he won the 1957 National League Rookie of the Year award with the Phillies, going 19-8 with a 3.08 ERA, a major-league-best 188 strikeouts and an All-Star selection. Philadelphia traded him to San Francisco in December 1958 for Ruben Gomez and Valmy Thomas, and he spent seven seasons with the Giants, leading the National League with six shutouts in 1960 and winning 24 games in 1962. That October, in his only World Series, he shut out the Yankees on three hits in Game 2 and lost the 1-0 Game 7 duel with Ralph Terry that ended on Willie McCovey's liner into Bobby Richardson's glove. He retired in 1967 at 137-101 with a 3.69 ERA and 1,182 strikeouts, coached Cleveland's pitchers in 1968 and 1969, and spent two decades as a country-club golf director. He died in 2000 at age 70.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 221 | 1 | 27 | 114 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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. 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 #23 card?
It is card #23 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jack Sanford of the California Angels.
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.