1966 Topps #427 John Miller
The John Miller on this card is the Baltimore right-hander, not the John Miller who played first base and the outfield for the Yankees in 1966 and the Dodgers in 1969.
About John Miller
Hank Bauer slotted Miller as his No. 4 starter behind Steve Barber, Dave McNally and Wally Bunker, and the first two turns justified it: a start into the seventh against the White Sox, then eight shutout innings against Cleveland in a 1-0, thirteen-inning Baltimore win. Then the traffic came -- six runs in three innings at Detroit, nine baserunners in four against Kansas City, two losses to Boston -- and at 0-4 Bauer began handing his starts to twenty-year-old Jim Palmer, by then in his second big-league season. Miller finished 4-8 with a 4.74 ERA over 23 games and 100 2/3 innings. He did not pitch in the World Series, which Baltimore swept from the Dodgers using four arms, but he got the ring. Card #427 is a fifth-series single.
John Ernest Miller was a right-handed pitcher born May 30, 1941, in Baltimore and raised in the city's Irvington neighborhood. He pitched for Edmondson High School and for Leone's, the amateur club run by Orioles scout Walter Youse, who saw a pitcher in a boy who wanted to be an outfielder. Miller signed with his hometown Orioles on September 10, 1960, and reached the majors on September 22, 1962, relieving against the Minnesota Twins and throwing three hitless innings for his first win. He stood 6-foot-2 with a sharp fastball and a deceptive slider, but shoulder pain dogged him from the minors onward and he never strung together a healthy full season. He pitched parts of five seasons, all for Baltimore, and was on the 1966 World Series champions. His last big-league appearance came May 1, 1967, a month shy of his 26th birthday; he left the game after the 1968 season at 27, finishing 12-14 with a 3.89 ERA and 178 strikeouts in 46 games, 35 of them starts. He then drove Truck 13 out of the Westview station for 28 years as a Baltimore County firefighter, retiring in 1999. He died June 5, 2020, at 79.
Sources: Wikipedia (John Miller (first baseman)) · Wikipedia (John Miller (pitcher)) · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 205 | 3 | 25 | 111 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 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 #427 card?
It is card #427 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing John Miller of the Baltimore Orioles.
Which John Miller is on #427?
The Baltimore Orioles right-hander, not the John Miller who played first base and the outfield for the Yankees and the Dodgers.
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.