1967 Topps #115 Paul Casanova
About Paul Casanova
Card #115 is Casanova's rookie card, a second-series issue reporting the 1966 season in which he seized the Washington catching job: 122 games, a .254 average, 44 RBI and a career-high 13 home runs, enough for The Sporting News to name him its American League All-Star catcher. His first big-league home run that season broke up a Fred Talbot no-hitter in the eighth inning.
Paul Casanova, called "Cassie" by teammates, was born in Perico, Cuba, and signed with the Cleveland Indians in January 1960. Two releases and a barnstorming season with the Indianapolis Clowns followed before the Washington Senators signed him in October 1962. A 6-foot-4 right-handed catcher with a rifle arm, he threw out 40 percent of the runners who tested him. He reached the majors on September 18, 1965 and held Washington's primary catching job from 1966 through 1971, the last three of those years under manager Ted Williams. His lone All-Star selection came in 1967, and on June 12 of that year he caught all 22 innings of the longest night game in major-league history against the Chicago White Sox, then singled home the winning run. Traded to Atlanta for Hal King in December 1971, he backed up for three more seasons and caught Phil Niekro's no-hitter on August 5, 1973. An elbow injury in spring training ended his career in 1975; he finished at .225 with 50 home runs and 252 RBI over ten seasons. He later ran a baseball academy at his Florida home that drew Cuban ballplayers and former teammates, and died in 2017.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 217 | 2 | 28 | 105 | 45 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 #115 card?
It is card #115 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Paul Casanova of the Washington Senators.
Is 1967 Topps #115 a rookie card?
Yes - #115 is the 1967 Topps rookie card of Paul Casanova.
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.