1967 Topps #325 Chico Cardenas
About Chico Cardenas
Card #325 in the 1967 Topps set, a series-4 issue, follows the oddest season of Cardenas' career -- the one where he hit. He put up 20 home runs in 1966 with 81 RBI and a .255 average, four of the homers landing in a single doubleheader against the Cubs on June 5 that also brought him eight RBI. Those 20 set a Cincinnati club record for home runs by a shortstop that stood for three decades until Barry Larkin passed it. The glove did not slip either: he led National League shortstops with a .980 fielding percentage, and he was elected to start the All-Star Game.
Leonardo Lazaro Cardenas Alfonso was born December 17, 1938 in Matanzas, Cuba, one of 15 children. He came to the United States in 1956 for a $500 bonus, claiming to be 17 -- the minimum age a major-league team could sign -- when he was 16, and he was among the last Cuban players out before the borders were sealed. Playing for the Havana Sugar Kings in 1959, he was hit by a stray bullet when celebrating fans fired rifles in the grandstand. Cardenas reached Cincinnati on July 25, 1960 and held the Reds' shortstop job for seven seasons, so steady in the field that he was known as Mr. Automatic. Teammates called him Chico, and later Leo. He was a five-time All-Star and won the National League Gold Glove at shortstop in 1965. Traded to Minnesota, he fielded .985 in 1971, the highest mark by an American League shortstop since records began in 1901, and was voted the Twins' most valuable player. He finished with the California Angels, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, batting .257 with 1,725 hits, 118 home runs and 689 RBI over 16 seasons. Cincinnati voted him into the Reds Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 349 | 14 | 97 | 168 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #325 card?
It is card #325 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chico Cardenas of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.
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