1967 Topps #238 National League 1966 Strikeout Leaders - Sandy Koufax / Jim Bunning / Bob Veale
On this card: Sandy Koufax, Jim Bunning, Bob Veale
Koufax had retired before the set was issued and has no regular card in it; 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 238 in the 1967 Topps League Leaders subset recaps the 1966 National League strikeout race. Sandy Koufax topped the league with 317 strikeouts in his final season before retiring that November, capping a run that had already made him the game's most dominant left-hander. Jim Bunning, dealt from Detroit to Philadelphia in the 1963-64 offseason, finished second with 252 for the Phillies. Bob Veale of the Pirates placed third with 229, part of a three-year run of 200-plus strikeout seasons for Pittsburgh's hardest-throwing left-hander. Koufax has no regular player card in this set since he had already retired by the time it was issued, so in the 1967 Topps set he is pictured on the National League leaders cards #234, #236 and #238.
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. Jim Bunning was a hard-throwing right-hander who threw no-hitters in both leagues, including a 1964 perfect game for the Phillies, and later served as a US Senator from Kentucky. Bob Veale was a towering, hard-throwing left-hander who terrorized National League hitters for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1960s, leading the league in strikeouts in 1964, making two All-Star teams, and helping Pittsburgh win the 1971 World Series.
Sources: Wikipedia (Sandy Koufax) · Wikipedia (Jim Bunning) · Wikipedia (Bob Veale) · SABR BioProject (Bob Veale) · SABR BioProject (Sandy Koufax) · SABR BioProject (Jim Bunning) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball Almanac (Jim Bunning) · Baseball Almanac (Bob Veale)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,440 | 5 | 86 | 559 | 267 | 188 | 130 | 202 | 3 |
| SGC | 272 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 48 | 71 | 67 | 54 | 5 |
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, #102 Philadelphia Phillies, #492 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #238 card?
It is card #238 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sandy Koufax, Jim Bunning and Bob Veale. 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.