1967 Topps #186 Mets Maulers - Ed Kranepool / Ron Swoboda
On this card: Ed Kranepool, Ron Swoboda
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 #186 in the 1967 Topps set is a combination card pairing two young Mets sluggers under the "Mets Maulers" banner. Ed Kranepool, entering his sixth season, had settled in as the club's regular first baseman, batting .269 with 10 home runs and 54 RBI over 139 games at first base in 1967. Ron Swoboda, shifted from left field to make room for newly acquired Tommy Davis, opened 1967 at first base before moving to right field, and turned in his best offensive season yet: a .281 average with 13 home runs and 53 RBI. Topps grouped the pair as power-hitting building blocks for a last-place club still two years from its championship turn, giving collectors a joint look at two of the young hitters the Mets were counting on.
Ed Kranepool was the Mets' durable first baseman and the last man standing from the original 1962 roster, a steady bat who homered in the 1969 World Series and later set the major league single-season pinch-hit average record as 'Steady Eddie.' Ron Swoboda - the Mets outfielder called Rocky for his glove, remembered instead for the backhanded diving catch off Brooks Robinson that kept Game 4 of the 1969 World Series alive for the Miracle Mets.
Sources: Wikipedia (Ed Kranepool) · Wikipedia (Ron Swoboda) · SABR BioProject (Ed Kranepool) · SABR BioProject (Ron Swoboda) · Baseball Almanac (Ed Kranepool) · MLB.com
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 346 | 5 | 32 | 150 | 67 | 47 | 18 | 20 | 7 |
| SGC | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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 #186 card?
It is card #186 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Kranepool and Ron Swoboda. 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.