1966 Topps #230 Johnny Callison
About Johnny Callison
The power left suddenly in 1966: after 32 homers the year before, Callison hit 11, and his RBI total fell from 101 to 55. He still batted .276 and led the National League with 40 doubles for an 87-75, fourth-place Phillies club, but he was complaining of trouble with his eyes and tried glasses to fix it, and he never hit more than 20 home runs in a season again. He appears twice here: #52, a combination card from the first print series he shares with teammate Wes Covington, and #230, his own card from the third series.
Johnny Callison batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and spent sixteen major league seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees. The White Sox signed him out of East Bakersfield High School in 1957 and recalled him in September 1958, then traded him to Philadelphia in December 1959 for third baseman Gene Freese, the deal that made his career. Ten Phillies seasons followed, and from 1962 through 1966 he was the idol of the city and its most popular player. He hit an even .300 in 1962, led the National League in triples in 1962 and 1965 and in doubles in 1966, earned All-Star selections in three seasons, and, with one of the decade's great throwing arms, topped the league in outfield assists four years running. His signature moment came on July 7, 1964, at Shea Stadium, where a ninth-inning three-run homer off Dick Radatz won the All-Star Game and made him its MVP; that fall he finished second to Ken Boyer for the NL Most Valuable Player award as the Phillies collapsed down the stretch. He retired with a .264 average, 226 home runs, 1,757 hits and 159 outfield assists, and was named to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 1997 and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 268 | 2 | 37 | 137 | 51 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 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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More Johnny Callison in this set: #52 Combo
Team card: #463 Philadelphia Phillies
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- #202 Clay Dalrymple
- #254 Phillies 1966 Rookie Stars
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #230 card?
It is card #230 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Callison of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.