1971 Topps #140 Gaylord Perry
About Gaylord Perry
San Francisco's ace in 1970, Perry topped the National League with 23 wins and 328 2/3 innings. Topps paired him with Bob Gibson and Fergie Jenkins on first-series pitching leaders #70; his individual Giants card was second-series #140. During San Francisco's 1971 division-winning season, he went 16-12 with a 2.76 ERA in 37 starts. He beat Pittsburgh in Game 1 of the NLCS, then took the loss in the deciding fourth game.
Gaylord Perry became the first pitcher to win Cy Young Awards in both leagues: with Cleveland in 1972, when he went 24-16 with a 1.92 ERA, and with San Diego in 1978, when he finished 21-6. The right-hander pitched 22 major-league seasons for eight clubs, won 20 games five times, struck out 200 batters eight times and made five All-Star teams. He finished with 314 victories, a 3.11 ERA and 3,534 strikeouts. Perry signed with San Francisco in 1958. Teammate Bob Shaw taught him the spitball in 1964, and Perry described his use of it in the 1974 book Me and the Spitter while claiming he had stopped. His cap-touching and other gestures remained part of his pitching routine; his first ejection for doctoring a ball came in 1982. That year Seattle knew him as the Ancient Mariner, and he earned his 300th victory with a complete-game, 7-3 win over the Yankees on May 6. He and his older brother Jim both won Cy Young Awards and more than 200 games. Gaylord was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991 on his third ballot.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 829 | 0 | 13 | 181 | 296 | 162 | 74 | 102 | 1 |
| SGC | 140 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 12 |
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
More Gaylord Perry in this set: #70 League Leaders
Team card: #563 San Francisco Giants
More San Francisco Giants cards:
- #19 Skip Pitlock
- #50 Willie McCovey
- #70 1970 National League Pitching Leaders
- #108 John Cumberland
- #128 Frank Johnson
- #155 Ken Henderson
- #181 Hal Lanier
- #224 Alan Gallagher
- #251 Frank Reberger
- #276 Giants 1971 Rookie Stars
- #295 Bobby Bonds
- #325 Juan Marichal
- #354 Don McMahon
- #378 Tito Fuentes
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #140 card?
It is card #140 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gaylord Perry of the San Francisco Giants.
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.