1967 Topps #264 Ron Swoboda
About Ron Swoboda
Two cards in 1967: #186 in the second series, a combination card he shares with Ed Kranepool, and #264 in the third. With Tommy Davis taking over left field, Swoboda opened the year at first base, played 20 games there, and then moved to right, where he stayed. He answered with his best average, .281, along with 13 home runs and 53 RBI in 134 games, and the Mets still finished last.
Ron Swoboda came out of Baltimore's Sparrows Point High School and one year at the University of Maryland, signing with the Mets in September 1963 for $35,000 after a strong showing in the AAABA tournament. He made the big club out of spring training in 1965 at age 20 and hit 19 home runs as a rookie, a Mets rookie record that stood until Darryl Strawberry hit 26 in 1983, and earned a place on the 1965 Topps All-Star Rookie Team. He picked up the nickname Rocky for his less-than-reliable fielding, though his arm was strong and accurate. He was the Mets' left fielder in 1965 and 1966, moved to first base and then right field in 1967 when Tommy Davis arrived, and batted a career-best .281 that season. Platooned during the 1969 championship year, he collected six hits in 15 World Series at-bats against Baltimore and drove in the winning run in the clinching fifth game, but he is remembered for the backhanded diving catch off Brooks Robinson that saved Game 4. Traded to Montreal in March 1971 and on to the Yankees that June, he finished with a .242 average, 73 homers and 344 RBI over nine seasons, then spent decades as a television sportscaster in New York, Milwaukee and New Orleans.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 256 | 1 | 36 | 132 | 47 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 24 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 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 Ron Swoboda in this set: #186 Combo
Team card: #42 New York Mets
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- #23 Larry Elliot
- #59 Ralph Terry
- #91 Johnny Lewis
- #105 Ken Boyer
- #121 Ed Bressoud
- #144 Bill Hepler
- #165 Cleon Jones
- #186 Mets Maulers
- #198 Chuck Hiller
- #217 Rob Gardner
- #287 Mets 1967 Rookie Stars
- #306 Bud Harrelson
- #348 Tug McGraw
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #264 card?
It is card #264 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Swoboda of the New York Mets.
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.