1967 Topps #240 National League 1966 Batting Leaders - Matty Alou / Felipe Alou / Rico Carty
On this card: Matty Alou, Felipe Alou, Rico Carty
About this card
Cards #233-244 are the twelve League Leaders, printed mid-set: the 1966 leaders in ERA, pitching, strikeouts, batting, RBI and home runs, the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair. Sandy Koufax, who retired in November 1966, has no card of his own in the set; the National League cards #234, #236 and #238 picture him.
The story on this card
This League Leaders card recaps the 1966 National League batting race, with the top three finishers separated by only sixteen points. Matty Alou of the Pittsburgh Pirates took the title at .342, working with Pirates manager Harry Walker to become a slap-and-bunt contact man after years as a part-time outfielder in San Francisco. His older brother Felipe Alou, an Atlanta Braves first baseman and outfielder, finished second at .327 while also leading the league in runs and hits. Braves left fielder Rico Carty placed third at .326, a bounce back after an injury-slowed 1965 and two years removed from his runner-up Rookie of the Year finish, as Atlanta settled into its new home at Atlanta Stadium. Card #240 prints all three names and averages together, pairing a Pirate with two Braves on one leaders board.
Matty Alou was the middle Alou brother, a slap-hitting outfielder whose swing was remade by Pirates manager Harry Walker into the 1966 National League batting title, won over brother Felipe, the first of four straight .330-plus seasons, and a 1972 World Series ring with Oakland. Felipe Alou was a three-time All-Star outfielder for the Giants and Braves who led the National League in hits twice, and one third of the majors' only all-brother outfield with Matty and Jesus before becoming baseball's first Dominican-born manager. Rico Carty, a Dominican-born outfielder, hit .299 over fifteen big-league seasons, capturing the 1970 National League batting title at .366 and helping the Atlanta Braves win their first division championship in 1969.
Sources: Wikipedia (Matty Alou) · Wikipedia (Felipe Alou) · Wikipedia (Rico Carty) · SABR BioProject (Matty Alou) · SABR BioProject (Felipe Alou) · SABR BioProject (Rico Carty) · Baseball Almanac (Matty Alou) · Baseball Almanac (Felipe Alou)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 392 | 6 | 73 | 155 | 75 | 36 | 20 | 22 | 5 |
| SGC | 60 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 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 #240 card?
It is card #240 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Matty Alou, Felipe Alou and Rico Carty. Cards #233-244 are the twelve League Leaders, printed mid-set: the 1966 leaders in ERA, pitching, strikeouts, batting, RBI and home runs, the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair. Sandy Koufax, who retired in November 1966, has no card of his own in the set; the National League cards #234, #236 and #238 picture him.
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.