1975 Topps #200 1962 MVPs
1962 MVPs — Mantle and Maury Wills; Topps had to invent the Wills '62 card, since he had no Topps contract that year.
About this card
Cards #189-212 are the MVP subset: twenty-four cards, each pairing the American and National League Most Valuable Players of one season from 1951 through 1974, reproducing their cards from that year.
About the players on this card
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle signed with the Yankees in 1949 out of Commerce, Oklahoma, discovered by scout Tom Greenwade, and debuted in the majors on April 17, 1951. Trained by his father from boyhood to switch-hit, he spent his entire 18-season career (1951-1968) in center field for New York, succeeding Joe DiMaggio and becoming the game's premier power-and-average threat despite chronic leg trouble dating to a torn knee in the 1951 World Series. He won the Triple Crown in 1956, leading the majors in batting average (.353), home runs (52), and RBIs (130), and captured three American League MVP awards, in 1956, 1957, and 1962, each saluted on this set's MVP-subset cards: #194, #195, and #200. A 20-time All-Star and 1962 Gold Glove winner, he played on seven World Series champions and still holds Series records for home runs (18), RBIs, runs, and total bases. He finished with 536 home runs and a .298 average, the only player to hit 150 homers from each side of the plate. Nicknamed "the Commerce Comet" for his hometown and blazing speed, and later simply "the Mick," Mantle entered the Hall of Fame in 1974, his first year of eligibility, on 88.2% of the vote.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Maury Wills
Maurice Morning Wills signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950 out of Washington, D.C.'s Cardozo High School and spent eight years in the minors before Los Angeles called him up in June 1959, helping the Dodgers win the World Series as a rookie. A switch-hitter, Wills became the igniter of the "Go-Go" Dodgers, leading the National League in stolen bases six straight seasons. His signature year came in 1962: he stole a record 104 bases, breaking Ty Cobb's mark of 96, played an MLB-record 165 games including the pennant playoff, and won the NL MVP award over Willie Mays. He added Gold Gloves in 1961-62, seven All-Star nods, and was MVP of the first two-game All-Star format in 1962. Wills won three Series rings with the Dodgers (1959, 1963, 1965) before trades sent him to Pittsburgh and Montreal; he closed his 14-year career in Los Angeles in 1972 with 2,134 hits and 586 steals. Vin Scully nicknamed him "The Mouse That Roared" for the havoc the small-framed shortstop caused on the bases. Wills has never reached the Hall of Fame, falling short with the Golden Days Era Committee in 2021. This set's MVP-subset card #200 pairs him with Mickey Mantle, saluting each league's 1962 Most Valuable Player.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,437 | 1 | 54 | 514 | 384 | 206 | 121 | 155 | 2 |
| SGC | 207 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 54 | 46 | 38 | 38 | 1 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-19. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. The graders do not split the 1975 Topps Mini or O-Pee-Chee issues into this set.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1975 Topps #200 card?
It is card #200 of the 660-card 1975 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mickey Mantle, Maury Wills. Cards #189-212 are the MVP subset: twenty-four cards, each pairing the American and National League Most Valuable Players of one season from 1951 through 1974, reproducing their cards from that year.
How many cards are in the 1975 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1-660, with no variations and no short prints - PSA reports the cards were printed in equal quantities. The 1975 Topps Mini and the 1975 O-Pee-Chee issues are separate products with their own checklists.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, 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 2026-08-20.