1966 Topps #266 Pedro Gonzalez
The back of this card misspells his surname as 'Gonzales' rather than Gonzalez.
Uncorrected error: Back misspells Gonzalez as "Gonzales"
About Pedro Gonzalez
Card #266 is a third-series card, and it is the first Topps issue to show Gonzalez in a Cleveland uniform. He reported early that spring, having spent the winter playing ball in Puerto Rico to stay in shape, and he held the everyday second-base job, starting 91 of his 104 games there and appearing in 110 overall. The bat never warmed up: .233 in 352 at-bats, with two home runs, 17 runs batted in and 21 runs scored. One detail collectors notice on this one: the back spells his surname 'Gonzales' rather than Gonzalez.
Pedro Gonzalez Olivares was born December 12, 1937, in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, and signed with the Yankees organization in 1957, when big-league clubs were only beginning to scout the Caribbean. Signed as a second baseman, he hit .371 at Modesto in 1959 and .327 at Binghamton in 1960, then spent three years at Class AAA Richmond and made the International League All-Star team in 1963. That spring he reached the majors as the first Dominican-born player in New York Yankees history and the twelfth Dominican to play in the big leagues at all. Five seasons with the Yankees (1963-65) and Cleveland Indians (1965-67) brought 407 games, 264 hits, a .244 average, 8 home runs and 70 runs batted in. He was a bigger figure at home: thirteen winters in the Dominican league, ten of them with Tigres del Licey, whose blue uniforms and his leadership made him 'El Gran Capitan', while American record books knew him as 'Speedy Gonzalez.' He played on in Mexico into 1974, managed the Braves' Gulf Coast League club for a decade from 1976, scouted the Dominican Republic for Atlanta, was inducted into the Pabellon de la Fama del Deporte Dominicano in 1982, and died January 10, 2021, at 83.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 289 | 2 | 53 | 136 | 60 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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 #266 card?
It is card #266 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pedro Gonzalez of the Cleveland Indians.
Does 1966 Topps #266 have an error?
Back misspells Gonzalez as "Gonzales". It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #266 reads the same way.
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.