1966 Topps #228 Larry Dierker
About Larry Dierker
Coming off his first full big-league season, Dierker went 10-8 with a 3.18 ERA, 108 strikeouts and 8 complete games over 187 innings in 1966. His 1966 Topps card, #228, from the third print series, is a solo issue showing him with the Houston club.
Lawrence Edward Dierker signed with the Houston Colt .45s at 17, beating out a bidding war with other clubs, and struck out Willie Mays in his major-league debut on his 18th birthday in 1964. A right-hander with a long, durable frame, he anchored the Houston rotation through the late 1960s and 1970s, twice making the National League All-Star team, in 1969 and 1971. His finest season came in 1969, when he became the club's first 20-game winner with a 2.33 ERA and 20 complete games. On July 9, 1976 he no-hit the Montreal Expos at the Astrodome. Shoulder and rotator-cuff trouble shortened several later seasons before Houston traded him to St. Louis, where he pitched his final season in 1977. He finished with 139 career wins over 14 seasons and was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. Dierker later spent decades as an Astros broadcaster and, from 1997 to 2001, managed the club to four NL Central division titles in five years.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 299 | 2 | 36 | 142 | 75 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 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 #228 card?
It is card #228 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Dierker of the Houston Astros.
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.