1967 Topps #223 Mike Ryan
A small printing difference turns up on this card: the 'i' in the facsimile Mike signature is dotted on some copies and undotted on others. It is not listed as a separate variation, so both count as the same card.
About Mike Ryan
Card #223 is a series 3 card. It shows Ryan with the Red Sox in his last Boston season, when he caught a team-high 79 games for the Impossible Dream club that won the American League pennant, hit .199, and then went hitless in two at bats in the World Series that St. Louis won in seven games. Collectors have long noted a small printing difference here, the 'i' in the facsimile Mike signature dotted on some copies and undotted on others, though it is not listed as a separate variation.
Mike Ryan was a defensive-minded catcher who spent 11 seasons in the majors with the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1964 to 1974. A Haverhill, Massachusetts native and a St. James High School graduate, Ryan signed with the Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1960 and worked through four of their minor league affiliates before being promoted from Double-A in September 1964. He was Boston's most-used catcher in 1966, hitting .214 in 116 games, and the following year he caught a team-high 79 games for the pennant-winning Impossible Dream Red Sox, then appeared in Game 4 of the World Series as a late-inning replacement for Elston Howard, going hitless in two at bats against Bob Gibson. Traded to Philadelphia that offseason, he caught for the Phillies through 1973 and hit a career-high 12 home runs in 1969, then closed his playing days with the 1974 Pirates club that won the National League East. He never hit much, finishing at .193 with 370 hits in 1,920 at bats, but his .991 fielding percentage told the other half of the story. He returned to Philadelphia as a bullpen coach for 16 seasons beginning with the 1980 world championship club, working for seven managers before retiring after 1995. He died in 2020.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 315 | 2 | 44 | 146 | 73 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 #223 card?
It is card #223 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mike Ryan of the Boston Red Sox.
Does #223 Mike Ryan have a variation?
The Trading Card Database and Baseball Card Pedia catalog a dotted and an undotted "i" in the facsimile signature, but PSA's master set does not split the card, so it is listed here as one card with a note rather than as two tracked states.
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.