1960 Topps #544 Bill Monbouquette
About Bill Monbouquette
Bill Monbouquette signed with his hometown Red Sox out of Medford High School in June 1955 and, after four minor-league seasons, debuted for Boston on July 18, 1958. The hard-throwing right-hander anchored Boston's rotation through 1965, then closed out his career with Detroit, the Yankees, and San Francisco through 1968, finishing 114-112 with 1,122 strikeouts. A four-time All-Star, he won 20 games in 1963 — fourth-most in the league — and set a Red Sox record by striking out 17 Washington Senators in 1961, a mark that stood until Roger Clemens' 20-strikeout game in 1986. His signature moment came August 1, 1962, when he no-hit the White Sox 1-0 at Comiskey Park, allowing only a second-inning walk; Boston met his flight home with a fire-engine parade. Teammates and writers knew him as "Monbo," a nickname born of a French surname that routinely defeated broadcasters and box-score typesetters. Card #544 placed him in Topps' scarce, short-printed 1960 high-number series (#507-572); his true rookie card had come the year before, in 1959 Topps. He was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 341 | 0 | 5 | 113 | 130 | 58 | 23 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. The Venezuelan issue, the 1960 Topps Tattoos and Bazooka are separate products and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #544 card?
It is card #544 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Monbouquette.
Why is #544 harder to find?
It sits in the high-number series, #507-572, printed last and distributed late in the 1960 season when fewer packs were bought. Those 66 cards are the toughest run in the set and carry the twenty Sport Magazine All-Stars.
How many cards are in the 1960 Topps Baseball set?
572 cards, numbered 1-572, issued in seven series - the last Topps flagship printed entirely horizontally. Cards #375-440 exist on two back stocks, white and gray, which collectors chasing every printed variety count as 638 pieces of cardboard in all.
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 2026-10-13.