1967 Topps #235 American League 1966 Pitching Leaders - Jim Kaat / Denny McLain / Earl Wilson
On this card: Jim Kaat, Denny McLain, Earl Wilson
About this card
Cards #233-244 are the twelve League Leaders, printed mid-set: the 1966 leaders in ERA, pitching, strikeouts, batting, RBI and home runs, the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair. Sandy Koufax, who retired in November 1966, has no card of his own in the set; the National League cards #234, #236 and #238 picture him.
The story on this card
Card 235 is a League Leaders board honoring the American League's top winners of 1966: Jim Kaat of the Twins, Denny McLain of the Tigers, and Earl Wilson, who split that season between the Red Sox and the Tigers. Kaat topped the league with 25 wins against 13 losses, working 304.2 innings for Minnesota and leading the AL in complete games with 19. McLain went 20-14 for Detroit with a 3.92 ERA. Wilson posted a combined 18-11 mark, going 5-5 for Boston before a June trade sent him to Detroit, where he finished 13-6 with a sharp 2.59 ERA down the stretch. All three pitched in the AL, giving the card a Twins-and-Tigers look built entirely around the win column from that race.
Jim Kaat was the Twins' durable left-handed ace through the 1960s, a 283-game winner over a then-record 25 seasons who took 16 straight Gold Gloves and led the American League with 25 wins in 1966. Denny McLain - Detroit's outspoken right-handed ace, who went 31-6 with a 1.96 ERA in 1968 to become the last 30-game winner in the majors, sweeping the American League Cy Young Award and the MVP. Earl Wilson, a Louisiana right-hander, no-hit the Angels for Boston in 1962, tied for the American League lead with 22 wins for Detroit in 1967, and pitched for the 1968 world champion Tigers while ranking among the best home-run-hitting pitchers the game has had.
Sources: Wikipedia (Jim Kaat) · Wikipedia (Denny McLain) · Wikipedia (Earl Wilson) · SABR BioProject (Jim Kaat) · SABR BioProject (Earl Wilson) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball Almanac (Jim Kaat) · Baseball Almanac (Earl Wilson)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 412 | 0 | 39 | 195 | 82 | 41 | 26 | 28 | 1 |
| SGC | 39 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 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. PSA registers a row for every one of the 624 states; SGC lists no separate row for the #149 white-streak state.
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Team cards: #211 Minnesota Twins, #378 Detroit Tigers
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #235 card?
It is card #235 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Kaat, Denny McLain and Earl Wilson. Cards #233-244 are the twelve League Leaders, printed mid-set: the 1966 leaders in ERA, pitching, strikeouts, batting, RBI and home runs, the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair. Sandy Koufax, who retired in November 1966, has no card of his own in the set; the National League cards #234, #236 and #238 picture him.
How many cards are in the 1967 Topps Baseball set?
609 cards, tracked as 624 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 609 without a gap - no number was skipped and none was used twice - and 15 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-12.