1966 Topps #39 Ken Henderson
About Ken Henderson
This card follows a 1965 season split entirely with the Giants, and reflects a year in which Henderson spent most of his time at Triple-A Phoenix, where he was named the Pacific Coast League's best defensive outfielder while also hitting .272. Recalled late in the season, he batted .310 over 11 games with San Francisco, a hot finish that put him back in the Giants' outfield picture heading into 1967. The card is part of the set's first print series.
Ken Henderson was a switch-hitting outfielder who spent sixteen big-league seasons with seven clubs from 1965 to 1980, starting with the San Francisco Giants and finishing with the Chicago Cubs. A San Diego prospect who signed with the Giants for a $50,000 bonus in 1964, he arrived under a heavy label as a possible successor to Willie Mays, an expectation he later called unfair to carry. Slowed early by leg injuries and a crowded Giants outfield, he broke through in 1970 with a career-best .294 average, 17 homers and 88 RBI, and helped San Francisco reach the 1971 NL Championship Series. He was later dealt to the White Sox, where he had his best power season in 1974, then moved through the Braves, Rangers, Mets, Reds and Cubs before retiring in 1980 with 1,168 career hits and 122 home runs.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 219 | 1 | 20 | 118 | 47 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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 #39 card?
It is card #39 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Henderson of the San Francisco Giants.
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.