1966 Topps #161 Jerry Lumpe
The front comes in two printing states - a white streak above the position versus a solid yellow block - and both are tracked here.
About Jerry Lumpe
Card #161, a series-2 base issue, reports a 1965 line in Detroit that shows the bat slowing while the glove held up: a .257 average, 129 hits and 39 RBI over 145 games. Topps also issued this card in its separately printed 1966 Venezuelan edition, cataloged apart from the domestic version, and catalogs record a minor printing pair on the front as well.
Jerry Dean Lumpe (born June 2, 1933, in Lincoln, Missouri; died August 15, 2014, in Springfield, Missouri) was a left-handed-hitting infielder who played 12 major-league seasons, 1956-1967, for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers. He came up as a shortstop and third baseman, started three games at third base in each of the Yankees' 1957 and 1958 World Series, and took a ring when New York beat Milwaukee in 1958. A May 26, 1959, trade to Kansas City, which sent him with Johnny Kucks and Tom Sturdivant for Ralph Terry and Hector Lopez, finally handed him a regular job; by 1960 he was the Athletics' everyday second baseman, and his best hitting followed. He moved to Detroit in the five-player deal that sent Rocky Colavito to Kansas City, held the Tigers' second-base job through the mid-1960s and was an American League All-Star in 1964. Released in October 1967, he retired with a .268 average, 1,314 hits and 47 home runs in 1,371 games, coached first base for the 1971 Oakland Athletics, later worked in banking and insurance, and entered the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2)
Print variations
Two states of #161 are tracked individually: 161a - Solid Yellow Rectangle Around Position and 161b - White Streak Above Position. The difference is on the front of the card (print flaw).
States catalogued by PSA's population report and the Trading Card Database; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161a - Solid Yellow Rectangle Around Position | |||||||||
| PSA | 176 | 0 | 11 | 74 | 55 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 161b - White Streak Above Position | |||||||||
| PSA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation. 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 #161 card?
It is card #161 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jerry Lumpe of the Detroit Tigers.
Does 1966 Topps #161 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 161a - Solid Yellow Rectangle Around Position (On the front, the position ("2nd base") sits in a solid yellow rectangle at the foot of the card - the standard card. TCDB letters this state b) and 161b - White Streak Above Position (On the front, a white streak shows above the position ("2nd base") at the foot of the card. TCDB letters this state a). Owning any one of them fills the #161 slot; the master set counts each state.
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.