1967 Topps #187 Pedro Ramos


About Pedro Ramos
Ramos appears in a Philadelphia uniform on card #187, a series-2 issue, after the Yankees traded him to the Phillies on December 10, 1966 for young right-hander Joe Verbanic and cash. It follows his second full season in New York: 52 appearances in 1966, a 3-9 record, 3.61 ERA and 13 saves. It is his only Topps card as a Phillie, and nearly the end - he pitched just six times in Philadelphia without a decision before drifting to the minors and brief returns with Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and the expansion Senators.
Pedro Ramos Guerra was a Cuban-born right-hander who pitched fifteen major-league seasons between 1955 and 1970 for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and the expansion Washington Senators, finishing 117-160 with a 4.08 ERA and 1,305 strikeouts. He broke in with Washington at nineteen in 1955 and worked 200 or more innings six years running from 1957 through 1962 - durability that also left him leading the American League in losses four straight seasons, 1958 through 1961, with 18, 19, 18 and 20 defeats. His lone All-Star selection came in 1959. Nicknamed "The Cuban Cowboy" for a gunslinger persona rooted in his rural Pinar del Rio upbringing, he dressed in lace-trimmed black cowboy outfits modeled on his screen idols the Lone Ranger and Hopalong Cassidy. He repeatedly challenged Mickey Mantle to footraces the slugger never accepted, and he served the pitch Mantle drove off the Yankee Stadium facade on May 30, 1956. A Cienfuegos star in Cuba's winter league, Rookie of the Year in 1955-56 and MVP in 1960-61, he was elected in 1983 to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame, by then seated in Miami.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 312 | 5 | 48 | 169 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 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 #187 card?
It is card #187 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pedro Ramos of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.