1967 Topps #35 Rico Carty
About Rico Carty
Carty slumped to .255 in 1967, his first sub-.300 big-league season, as the Braves fell to seventh place under new manager Billy Hitchcock. That June he and teammate Hank Aaron scuffled aboard a team flight after Aaron accused him of loafing on a play in the outfield, and at season's end the club let it be known it was willing to trade him for pitching. He appears on two cards that year: series-one #35, his solo Atlanta Braves issue, and series-three #240, a League Leaders card crediting the Alou brothers, Matty and Felipe, alongside Carty for their strong batting averages.
Rico Carty, a Dominican outfielder from San Pedro de Macoris, played fifteen big-league seasons (1963-1979) for the Braves, Rangers, Cubs, Athletics, Indians and Blue Jays, retiring with a .299 career average, 1,677 hits, 204 home runs and 890 RBI. Signed by Milwaukee out of the 1959 Pan American Games, he broke in with a 1964 rookie season and became a fixture in Atlanta's outfield after the franchise moved south. Carty won the 1970 National League batting title at .366, the majors' best mark since 1957, and was elected to that year's All-Star Game as the first write-in starter in major-league history. His career was repeatedly interrupted by injuries and a bout with tuberculosis that cost him the entire 1968 season, yet he returned to help Atlanta capture the 1969 NL West title, its first division crown. He is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, though he was inducted into the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame's inaugural 1996 class.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 342 | 3 | 43 | 175 | 75 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 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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Related cards
More Rico Carty in this set: #240 League Leaders
Team card: #477 Atlanta Braves
More Atlanta Braves cards:
- #18 Gene Oliver
- #57 Pat Jarvis
- #89 Felix Millan
- #101 Ken Johnson
- #113 Dave Nicholson
- #119 Wade Blasingame
- #138 Dick Kelley
- #179 Braves 1967 Rookie Stars
- #199 Billy Hitchcock
- #219 Clay Carroll
- #240 National League 1966 Batting Leaders
- #242 National League 1966 RBI Leaders
- #244 National League 1966 Home Run Leaders
- #250 Hank Aaron
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #35 card?
It is card #35 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rico Carty of the Atlanta Braves.
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.