1967 Topps #309 Hurlers Beware - Johnny Callison / Richie Allen
On this card: Johnny Callison, Richie Allen
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 309 in Topps' fourth series pairs Phillies right fielder Johnny Callison and third baseman Richie Allen under the title Hurlers Beware, casting the two as the bats National League pitchers most dreaded facing. Both came off strong 1966 seasons: Callison led the NL with 40 doubles, while Allen, just three years removed from his 1964 NL Rookie of the Year season, topped the league in slugging percentage and extra-base hits. Callison had anchored the Phillies outfield since 1960; the club signed Allen out of high school that same year and brought him to the majors in 1963. The pairing echoed the one-two punch the two gave Philadelphia, including during its infamous 1964 late-season collapse.
Johnny Callison, the Phillies' All-Star right fielder of the 1960s, a left-handed bat and a cannon arm whose ninth-inning three-run homer won the 1964 All-Star Game at Shea Stadium and earned him the game's MVP award. Richie Allen - Philadelphia's young slugger, the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year and the 1972 American League Most Valuable Player with the White Sox, a seven-time All-Star who took his position in a batting helmet and became Crash.
Sources: Wikipedia (Johnny Callison) · Wikipedia (Dick Allen) · SABR BioProject (Johnny Callison) · SABR BioProject (Dick Allen) · Baseball Almanac (Johnny Callison)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 409 | 1 | 53 | 157 | 79 | 53 | 32 | 31 | 3 |
| SGC | 45 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 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 #309 card?
It is card #309 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Callison and Richie Allen. 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.