1967 Topps #225 Mel Stottlemyre
About Mel Stottlemyre
#225 came out in the third series, and the year it was issued into was quiet craftsmanship. Stottlemyre had scrapped his slow curve over the winter because it was flattening his sinker, then opened with a two-hit shutout of Washington. Shoulder tendinitis arrived in late April and never fully left him. He still took the ball 36 times, went 15-15 with a 2.96 ERA and ten complete games, and got nothing behind him: the Yankees batted .225, scored the fewest runs in the league and finished ninth.
Mel Stottlemyre (1941-2019) spent his entire 11-year major-league career with the New York Yankees. Born in Hazleton, Missouri and raised in the farm town of Mabton, Washington, he was signed for no bonus out of Yakima Valley Junior College by Yankees scout Eddie Taylor in 1961, and he was still pitching for Triple-A Richmond when New York called him up in August 1964 to cover for the injured Whitey Ford. He went 9-3 the rest of the way, helped the club to its fifth straight American League pennant, and started three games against the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, beating Bob Gibson in Game Two before losing the decisive Game Seven. An overhand sinkerballer who kept the ball at the knees, he became the ace of a Yankees team that fell into the second division for the first time since 1925. He won 20 games three times, was named to five All-Star squads, and threw 40 shutouts, the same career total as Sandy Koufax. Shoulder tendinitis dogged him from 1967 onward, and a torn rotator cuff ended his pitching at age 32 in 1974; the Yankees released him before the 1975 season. He retired 164-139 with a 2.97 ERA, then coached 23 seasons in the majors and won five World Series rings with the Mets and Yankees.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 439 | 7 | 47 | 207 | 96 | 34 | 23 | 25 | 0 |
| SGC | 45 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 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 #225 card?
It is card #225 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mel Stottlemyre of the New York Yankees.
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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