1966 Topps #248 Pete Mikkelsen
About Pete Mikkelsen
Traded to Pittsburgh that offseason for veteran Bob Friend, Mikkelsen appears on this 1966 Topps card, #248 in the set's third series, wearing a Pirates uniform. That season proved his career best: leaning on his sinker, he set personal highs with nine wins, 14 saves, a 3.07 ERA, 76 strikeouts and 126 innings across a career-high 71 relief appearances.
Pete Mikkelsen was a sinker-ball right-handed relief pitcher who spent nine major league seasons, from 1964 to 1972, with the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers. Born in Staten Island, New York, and raised partly in Alhambra, California, he broke through in the minors under manager Rube Walker, who converted him from a straight overhand delivery to a sidearm sinkerball style that transformed his results. He reached the Yankees in 1964 and helped the club to an American League pennant as a rookie, going 7-4 with a 3.56 ERA and 12 saves before pitching in that year's World Series. His best season came in 1966 with Pittsburgh, when he set career highs with nine wins, 14 saves, 76 strikeouts and 126 innings across a career-high 71 appearances. He also logged four seasons with the Dodgers from 1969 through 1972. Over his career he compiled a 45-40 record, 3.38 ERA and 49 saves in 364 games. He was not selected to an All-Star team and is not a Hall of Fame inductee. He died in Mabton, Washington, in 2006.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 211 | 2 | 42 | 96 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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 #248 card?
It is card #248 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pete Mikkelsen of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.