1971 Topps #214 Al Ferrara
About Al Ferrara
Ferrara batted .277 for San Diego in 1970. He added 13 home runs and 51 RBI over 138 games. The Padres appear on his 1971 Topps card, #214, from the second series. After 17 games with San Diego in 1971, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds, where he appeared in 32 games almost exclusively as a pinch-hitter. He played his final major league game on September 1, 1971.
Al Ferrara was a Brooklyn-born outfielder who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, then finished with the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds. A classically trained pianist as a boy, he gave up the keyboard for baseball as a teenager and signed with the Dodgers out of Long Island University. He debuted in 1963 and won a World Series ring that year without appearing in the Series itself, then worked his way into the everyday lineup by 1967, when he hit a career-high 16 home runs and was named Dodger of the Year. An ankle injury suffered chasing a line drive in 1968 ended his Dodgers tenure, and the Padres took him in the October 1968 expansion draft, making him one of the original Padres, and he turned in two productive seasons at the plate. He retired after 1971 with a .259 career average and later worked in the Dodgers' community relations department.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 293 | 0 | 14 | 142 | 110 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #214 card?
It is card #214 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Ferrara of the San Diego Padres.
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.