1967 Topps #216 Bengal Belters - Norm Cash / Al Kaline
On this card: Norm Cash, Al Kaline
About this card
This is one of the thirteen combo cards in the 1967 Topps set, each pairing two or more players under a headline - from #1 The Champs to #521 Bird Bombers - rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
Topps paired Norm Cash and Al Kaline as the Bengal Belters, saluting Detroit's two big bats in the middle of the Tigers' order. Both were the 1961 batting-race one-two, Cash's .361 nosing out Kaline's .324, and by 1967 each was a fixture in the Detroit lineup. That season Kaline, in his fifteenth big-league year and making his thirteenth All-Star team, batted .308 with 25 home runs and 78 RBIs, while Cash held down first base at .242 with 22 home runs and 72 RBIs. The Tigers stayed in a tight four-team pennant race, finishing one game behind the Boston Red Sox.
Norm Cash, "Stormin' Norman," held down first base in Detroit for fifteen seasons, won the 1961 American League batting title at .361, made five All-Star teams and helped the Tigers win the 1968 World Series, finishing with 377 home runs. Mr. Tiger: Al Kaline gave the Detroit Tigers 22 seasons, most of them in right field, won the American League batting title at 20 in 1955, took home ten Gold Gloves and finished with 3,007 hits and 399 home runs.
Sources: Wikipedia (Al Kaline) · Wikipedia (Norm Cash) · SABR BioProject (Norm Cash) · SABR BioProject (Al Kaline) · Baseball Almanac (Norm Cash) · Baseball Almanac (Al Kaline)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 771 | 4 | 41 | 240 | 150 | 118 | 99 | 112 | 7 |
| SGC | 167 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 38 | 51 | 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 card: #378 Detroit Tigers
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- #72 Tigers 1967 Rookie Stars
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- #112 Dave Wickersham
- #134 Gates Brown
- #170 Dick McAuliffe
- #192 Fred Gladding
- #235 American League 1966 Pitching Leaders
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #216 card?
It is card #216 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Norm Cash and Al Kaline. This is one of the thirteen combo cards in the 1967 Topps set, each pairing two or more players under a headline - from #1 The Champs to #521 Bird Bombers - rather than giving one man his own card.
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.