1966 Topps #215 National League 1965 Batting Leaders - Bob Clemente / Hank Aaron / Willie Mays
On this card: Bob Clemente, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays
National League batting leaders: Clemente, Aaron and Mays
About this card
Cards #215-226 are the twelve League Leaders, printed in the middle of the third series rather than at the front of the set - the one structural quirk of 1966. Each card lists the 1965 leaders in one statistical category, the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
The story on this card
Topps #215 is a League Leaders card from the set's third series, recapping the 1965 National League batting race. Roberto Clemente won it at .329 for Pittsburgh, his third batting title after 1961 and 1964, in the middle of his long run of Gold Gloves in right field. Hank Aaron finished second at .318 with 32 home runs for the Milwaukee Braves, though the card already places him with Atlanta after the franchise's move. Willie Mays was third at .317, a season in which his career-high 52 home runs helped earn him the National League Most Valuable Player award. Topps prints Clemente as Bob Clemente here, the Americanized name that stayed on his cards into 1969, and the card puts three future Hall of Famers on one piece of cardboard.
Pittsburgh's right fielder for eighteen seasons, Roberto Clemente won four National League batting titles and twelve straight Gold Gloves, was the 1966 NL Most Valuable Player and the 1971 World Series MVP, and died flying earthquake relief in 1972. Hank Aaron was the Braves' right fielder and one of the greatest hitters in history, a 25-time All-Star who broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974 on his way to 755 career homers. Willie Mays was the Say Hey Kid, the five-tool center fielder of the New York and San Francisco Giants: Rookie of the Year in 1951, Most Valuable Player in 1954 and 1965, twelve straight Gold Gloves, 660 home runs, Hall of Fame in 1979.
Sources: Wikipedia (Roberto Clemente) · Wikipedia (Willie Mays) · Wikipedia (Hank Aaron) · SABR BioProject (Roberto Clemente) · SABR BioProject (Hank Aaron) · SABR BioProject (Willie Mays) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · SABR (1) · SABR (2) · Baseball Almanac (Bob Clemente) · Baseball Almanac · Baseball Almanac (Hank Aaron) · Baseball Almanac (Willie Mays) · CBS Sports
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 3,029 | 2 | 27 | 238 | 331 | 510 | 511 | 1,399 | 11 |
| SGC | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 53 | 163 | 367 | 790 | 14 |
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 #215 card?
It is card #215 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Clemente, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. Cards #215-226 are the twelve League Leaders, printed in the middle of the third series rather than at the front of the set - the one structural quirk of 1966. Each card lists the 1965 leaders in one statistical category, the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
What are the key cards in the 1966 Topps set?
#1 Willie Mays opens the set and #598 Gaylord Perry closes it. The #50 Mickey Mantle anchors it, with #30 Pete Rose, #100 Sandy Koufax (his last solo Topps card), #300 Bob Clemente, #500 Hank Aaron (his first base card as an Atlanta Brave) and #215 National League 1965 Batting Leaders (Clemente, Aaron and Mays on one card) among the headliners, and three Hall of Fame rookies: #126 Jim Palmer, #254 Phillies Rookie Stars (Ferguson Jenkins) and #288 Dodgers Rookie Stars (Don Sutton). The 76-card high series (#523-598) is the hardest run to complete - 43 of its cards are short prints.
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.