This 1981 Topps baseball card features Steve Carlton, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, highlighting his achievement of setting the new National League strikeout record. The card shows Carlton in action wearing his Phillies uniform with number 32. The back of the card details the event on September 21, 1981, in Montreal, Quebec, where Carlton became the NL's all-time strikeout leader, surpassing the previous record of 3,117 strikeouts held by Bob Gibson. Carlton fanned 12 batters in the game, raising his career total to 3,128 strikeouts. The card was manufactured by Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. in 1982.