1971 Topps #565 Jim Wynn
About Jim Wynn
On December 21, 1970, the couple's sixth wedding anniversary, a fight escalated until Wynn grabbed an unloaded shotgun and his wife stabbed him in the stomach with a kitchen knife. He underwent abdominal surgery. The 1971 season that followed was the worst of his career to that point, as he hit .203 with 7 home runs and 45 RBI. He stole 10 bases in 123 games and still became the first Astro to reach 1,000 hits. His #565, a fifth-series card, shows him with Houston.
James Sherman "Jim" Wynn was nicknamed "Toy Cannon" for generating outsized power from a compact frame. He spent eleven of his fifteen major league seasons (1963-1977) with the Houston Colt .45's/Astros before two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers and a final stretch split among the Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers. Converted from shortstop to center field early in his career, he paired power with patience at the plate, leading the majors in walks in 1969. His signature power season came in 1967, when he hit a career-high 37 home runs and drove in 107, earning his first All-Star selection and an 11th-place MVP finish. A three-time All-Star (1967, 1974, 1975), he set a career high with 108 RBIs in 1974 with the Dodgers, helped Los Angeles to the National League pennant, and was named The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year. The Astros retired his number 24 on June 25, 2005. Career totals: 291 home runs, 964 RBI, 1,105 runs and 225 stolen bases over 1,920 games.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 432 | 1 | 15 | 185 | 183 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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 #565 card?
It is card #565 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Wynn of the Houston Astros.
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.