1967 Topps #234 National League 1966 ERA Leaders - Sandy Koufax / Mike Cuellar / Juan Marichal
On this card: Sandy Koufax, Mike Cuellar, Juan Marichal
Sandy Koufax retired after the 1966 season and has no regular card in the 1967 set; he is pictured on the National League leaders cards #234, #236 and #238.
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
Card 234 in Topps' 1967 League Leaders subset recaps the National League's ERA race from the 1966 season. Sandy Koufax topped the league at 1.73, closing out his career on a run of dominance for the Los Angeles Dodgers; he had already announced his retirement that November, so he has no regular card in the 1967 set and is pictured on the National League leaders cards #234, #236 and #238. Mike Cuellar, pitching for the Houston Astros, placed second at 2.22, edging San Francisco's Juan Marichal, who finished at 2.23 after a 25-win season. The card lists all three men together with their clubs, letting a single design carry the whole race rather than splitting it across separate issues. It comes from Topps' third series for the year.
Sandy Koufax was the Dodgers' left-hander nicknamed 'the Left Arm of God,' whose five-year run of dominance from 1962 to 1966 brought three unanimous Cy Young Awards and four no-hitters, including a perfect game, before an arthritic elbow forced his retirement at 30. Mike Cuellar - Cuban left-hander who battled through six minor-league seasons before a screwball turned his career around, then anchored Baltimore's rotation, sharing the 1969 Cy Young Award and winning a World Series ring in 1970. Juan Marichal - the Dominican Dandy's high leg kick fronted the winningest arm of the 1960s: 191 victories in the decade, nine All-Star teams, 243 career wins, and in 1983 the first Hall of Fame plaque ever hung for a Dominican-born player.
Sources: Wikipedia (Sandy Koufax) · Wikipedia (Mike Cuellar) · Wikipedia (Juan Marichal) · SABR BioProject (Sandy Koufax) · SABR BioProject (Mike Cuellar) · SABR BioProject (Juan Marichal) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball Almanac (Juan Marichal)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,304 | 3 | 88 | 417 | 249 | 190 | 131 | 218 | 8 |
| SGC | 287 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 49 | 59 | 58 | 91 | 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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Related cards
Team cards: #503 Los Angeles Dodgers, #516 San Francisco Giants
More Los Angeles Dodgers cards:
- #12 Dodgers 1967 Rookie Stars
- #31 Jim Brewer
- #32 Bob Bailey
- #55 Don Drysdale
- #76 Jim Barbieri
- #94 Ron Fairly
More Houston Astros cards:
- #8 Chuck Harrison
- #28 Barry Latman
- #51 Astros 1967 Rookie Stars
- #73 Rusty Staub
- #97 Mike Cuellar
- #136 Carroll Sembera
More San Francisco Giants cards:
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #234 card?
It is card #234 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sandy Koufax, Mike Cuellar and Juan Marichal. 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.
Is this Sandy Koufax's only 1967 Topps card?
No. Koufax retired in November 1966 and has no card of his own in the 1967 set, but he is pictured on three National League Leaders cards - #234, #236 and #238 - and the back of the #503 Dodgers team card lists him as the club's 1966 strikeout leader with his 27-9 record.
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.