1967 Topps #475 Jim Palmer
Palmer's second-year card, following his 1966 rookie issue.
About Jim Palmer
Card #475 is Palmer's second-year card, from the sixth series, and its back carries the 1966 line that made him a starter for good: 15-10 with a 3.46 ERA in 30 starts, the best win total on a deep Baltimore staff. He closed that regular season with a five-hitter in Kansas City on September 22 to clinch the pennant, then beat Sandy Koufax 6-0 on four hits in Game Two of the World Series. Orioles pitchers ran off 33 straight scoreless innings during that four-game sweep.
James Alvin Palmer pitched all 19 of his major league seasons with the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1967, 1969-1984), reaching the majors at 19 and finishing as the winningest pitcher of the 1970s with 186 wins. A right-hander whose best pitch was a high fastball, he worked on three World Series champions (1966, 1970, 1983) and six American League pennant winners, and he is the only pitcher to win a World Series game in three different decades. His Game Two shutout of Los Angeles in the 1966 Series, thrown nine days before his 21st birthday, made him the youngest man to pitch a complete-game shutout in a Series and sent Sandy Koufax off in his final appearance. Palmer won three Cy Young Awards (1973, 1975, 1976), four straight Gold Gloves (1976-1979), two ERA titles and six All-Star selections, and he won 20 or more games eight times, finishing 268-152 with a 2.86 ERA, 211 complete games and 53 shutouts. Arm trouble cost him most of 1967 and all of 1968, but he came back in 1969 with the only no-hitter of his career. Teammates called him Cakes for the pancakes he ate on the mornings he pitched. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990, his first year of eligibility.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,910 | 5 | 71 | 368 | 444 | 412 | 244 | 364 | 2 |
| SGC | 425 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 81 | 88 | 108 | 103 | 13 |
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 #475 card?
It is card #475 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles.
Why is #475 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #458-533 - noticeably tougher than the first five.
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.