1971 Topps #65 1970 American League Home Run Leaders - Frank Howard / Harmon Killebrew / Carl Yastrzemski
On this card: Frank Howard, Harmon Killebrew, Carl Yastrzemski
About this card
Cards #61-72 are the twelve League Leaders cards on the 1970 season - batting, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and three of the leaders on each card.
The story on this card
Frank Howard of the Washington Senators won the 1970 American League home run title with 44, ahead of Harmon Killebrew of the Twins with 41 and Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox with 40. Howard also led the league with 126 RBI and 132 walks. Killebrew, the reigning MVP, finished third in the 1970 voting and hit two homers as Baltimore swept Minnesota in the ALCS. Yastrzemski hit .329, finishing second to Alex Johnson for the batting title by less than a thousandth of a point, and was named All-Star Game MVP. The card is 1971 Topps #65, in the first series, one of the League Leaders cards numbered #61-72.
Frank Howard - the 6-foot-7 "Capital Punisher": 1960 NL Rookie of the Year with the Dodgers, then a Washington Senators star who twice led the American League in home runs and was a four-time All-Star. Harmon Killebrew was the Twins' quiet, powerfully built slugger of the 1960s, a six-time American League home run champion who hit more homers in the decade than anyone else and won the 1969 AL Most Valuable Player award. Carl Yastrzemski, 'Yaz,' gave Boston all 23 of his seasons, following Ted Williams in left field. He won the 1967 Triple Crown and MVP, three batting titles, seven Gold Gloves and 18 All-Star nods, and reached Cooperstown on the first ballot in 1989.
Sources: Wikipedia (Frank Howard) · Wikipedia (Harmon Killebrew) · Wikipedia (Carl Yastrzemski) · SABR BioProject (Frank Howard) · SABR BioProject (Harmon Killebrew) · Baseball Almanac (Frank Howard) · Baseball Almanac (Harmon Killebrew) · Baseball Almanac (Carl Yastrzemski) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 671 | 0 | 12 | 236 | 220 | 88 | 51 | 62 | 2 |
| SGC | 80 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Related cards
Team cards: #462 Washington Senators, #522 Minnesota Twins, #386 Boston Red Sox
More Washington Senators cards:
- #11 Elliott Maddox
- #33 Del Unser
- #60 Dick Bosman
- #63 1970 American League RBI Leaders
- #82 Casey Cox
- #93 Senators 1971 Rookie Stars
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #7 Jim Holt
- #26 Bert Blyleven
- #61 1970 American League Batting Leaders
- #69 1970 American League Pitching Leaders
- #74 Twins 1971 Rookie Stars
- #95 Luis Tiant
More Boston Red Sox cards:
- #9 George Scott
- #31 Eddie Kasko
- #58 Bill Lee
- #61 1970 American League Batting Leaders
- #63 1970 American League RBI Leaders
- #89 Ken Brett
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #65 card?
It is card #65 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Howard, Harmon Killebrew and Carl Yastrzemski. Cards #61-72 are the twelve League Leaders cards on the 1970 season - batting, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and three of the leaders on each card.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-25.