1967 Topps #423 Fence Busters - Willie Mays / Willie McCovey
On this card: Willie Mays, Willie McCovey
Fence Busters combination card pairing Willie Mays and Willie McCovey
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
Card 423, Fence Busters, puts the two Willies from the heart of the San Francisco Giants batting order on one card, and the title needs little explaining: both men made a living hitting balls over the wall. Willie Mays came in off a 1966 season of 37 home runs and 103 RBI, and Willie McCovey, by then the everyday first baseman, had 36 homers and 96 RBI that year, including a September 16 blast described as the longest ever hit at Candlestick Park. The pairing ran deeper than the lineup card: in 1961 manager Alvin Dark had made them roommates. It is a fifth-series card.
Willie Mays was the Say Hey Kid, the five-tool center fielder of the New York and San Francisco Giants: Rookie of the Year in 1951, Most Valuable Player in 1954 and 1965, twelve straight Gold Gloves, 660 home runs, Hall of Fame in 1979. Willie McCovey, "Stretch," was the towering left-handed slugger who hit behind Willie Mays in San Francisco -- a three-time National League home run champion, the 1969 Most Valuable Player, and a Hall of Famer with 521 career home runs.
Sources: Wikipedia (Willie Mays) · Wikipedia (Willie McCovey) · SABR BioProject (Willie Mays) · SABR BioProject (Willie Mccovey) · Baseball Almanac (Willie Mays) · Baseball Almanac (Willie McCovey) · Retrosheet · CBS Sports
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,076 | 1 | 43 | 266 | 347 | 421 | 336 | 660 | 2 |
| SGC | 663 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 69 | 109 | 162 | 289 | 4 |
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 #423 card?
It is card #423 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Willie Mays and Willie McCovey. 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.