1967 Topps #9 Ron Hansen
About Ron Hansen
Card #9 is a first-series number, and its back carries the shortest line of Hansen's career since his 1958-59 trials with Baltimore. In early May 1966 he stepped back onto a loose baseball during batting practice and reinjured his back; he was out of the lineup by May 14, a myelogram found a defect at the base of his spine, and a second operation ended the year at 23 games and a .176 average. The comeback is the real story of 1967: he played 157 games, led American League shortstops in assists for the third time, and on September 10 handled the final out of Joe Horlen's no-hitter.
Ronald Lavern Hansen was born April 5, 1938, in Oxford, Nebraska, and moved with his family to Albany, California, at age two. He turned down a University of California scholarship and signed with the Baltimore Orioles on April 7, 1956; a ruptured disc and the spinal surgery that followed cost him the entire 1957 season. The 6-foot-3 shortstop debuted with Baltimore on April 15, 1958, and broke out in 1960 with a .255 average, 22 home runs and 86 RBIs, a league-leading 325 putouts at shortstop, the American League Rookie of the Year award and a start in both of that summer's All-Star Games. Traded to the Chicago White Sox in January 1963 in the deal that sent Luis Aparicio to Baltimore, he set a major league record by handling 28 chances in an August 1965 doubleheader. Dealt to the Washington Senators in February 1968, he turned a line drive into the majors' first unassisted triple play in 41 years that July, then closed a 15-year career with the White Sox, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals, finishing at .234 with 106 home runs and 501 RBIs. He later coached in the majors, managed in the minors and scouted until he retired in 2010.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 391 | 6 | 57 | 223 | 63 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 #9 card?
It is card #9 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Hansen of the Chicago White Sox.
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.