1967 Topps #425 Pete Mikkelsen
About Pete Mikkelsen
This 1967 Topps card, #425 in the set's fifth series, pictures Mikkelsen with the Pirates during his second season in Pittsburgh, a year overshadowed by a car accident that left him with lingering back trouble. He split the year between the Pirates and Chicago Cubs after being claimed off waivers, finishing with a combined 1-2 record and 4.55 ERA in 39 games.
Pete Mikkelsen was a sinker-ball right-handed relief pitcher who spent nine major league seasons, from 1964 to 1972, with the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers. Born in Staten Island, New York, and raised partly in Alhambra, California, he broke through in the minors under manager Rube Walker, who converted him from a straight overhand delivery to a sidearm sinkerball style that transformed his results. He reached the Yankees in 1964 and helped the club to an American League pennant as a rookie, going 7-4 with a 3.56 ERA and 12 saves before pitching in that year's World Series. His best season came in 1966 with Pittsburgh, when he set career highs with nine wins, 14 saves, 76 strikeouts and 126 innings across a career-high 71 appearances. He also logged four seasons with the Dodgers from 1969 through 1972. Over his career he compiled a 45-40 record, 3.38 ERA and 49 saves in 364 games. He was not selected to an All-Star team and is not a Hall of Fame inductee. He died in Mabton, Washington, in 2006.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 0 | 30 | 101 | 54 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 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 #425 card?
It is card #425 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pete Mikkelsen of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.