1966 Topps #492 Kansas City Athletics
Hall of Famers on the 1965 Kansas City Athletics roster: Catfish Hunter and Satchel Paige.
About this card
Nineteen team cards cover twenty clubs - Houston has none. Three of them, #303 Indians, #326 Braves and #404 Pirates, were printed with and without a dot between the standings line and the league name in the band at the foot of the front, and both states are tracked here.
The story on this card
Card #492 in the 1966 Topps set is the Kansas City Athletics team card, from the set's sixth print series. It reports the club's dismal 1965 season: a last-place 59-103 finish, 43 games behind Minnesota, played out at Municipal Stadium. Owner Charlie Finley kept headlines coming with ballpark promotions and the first pick in that June's inaugural amateur draft, Rick Monday. Two future Hall of Famers were part of that roster. Catfish Hunter, in his rookie season, went 8-8 with a 4.26 ERA and 82 strikeouts over 32 games. Satchel Paige, a Negro Leagues legend then in his late fifties, made one appearance that September against Boston, throwing three scoreless innings before a boisterous ovation. Shortstop Bert Campaneris hit .270, catcher Billy Bryan drove in 51 runs, and first baseman Ken Harrelson added 23 home runs.
Sources: Wikipedia (1965 Kansas City Athletics season) · Wikipedia (Catfish Hunter)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 233 | 0 | 29 | 103 | 55 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 1 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 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 #492 card?
It is card #492 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Kansas City Athletics. Nineteen team cards cover twenty clubs - Houston has none. Three of them, #303 Indians, #326 Braves and #404 Pirates, were printed with and without a dot between the standings line and the league name in the band at the foot of the front, and both states are tracked here.
Why is #492 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #447-522 - noticeably tougher than the first five. Nothing in #447-522 is short-printed.
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.