1960 Topps #118 Bob Bruce
Sport Magazine 1960 Rookie Star subset (#117-148).
About this card
The Sport Magazine Rookie Star subset marks players Sport magazine tipped for 1960, and it is where the set's marquee rookies live, headed by #148 Carl Yastrzemski and #316 Willie McCovey.
About Bob Bruce
Bob Bruce broke into pro ball in 1953 with the Tigers' Wausau club in the Class D Wisconsin State League, winning 18 games in his first season. Army service slowed his climb, but the 6-foot-3 righthander debuted with Detroit in September 1959. His 1960 Topps card, #118 in the Sport Magazine Rookie Star subset, is recognized as his rookie card and catches him in his first full big-league season, when he worked as both starter and reliever, going 4-7 with a 3.74 ERA over 130 innings in 34 games. A shoulder injury cut into his 1961 season, and that December the Tigers traded him to the expansion Houston Colt .45s for veteran Sam Jones. Bruce became a Houston rotation mainstay, posting his best season in 1964 at 15-9, 2.76 with four shutouts, and on April 12, 1965 started the first regular-season game ever played in the Astrodome. He finished a nine-year career with a 49-71 record and 733 strikeouts before retiring in 1967 and building a career in Texas real estate.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 395 | 0 | 8 | 126 | 165 | 58 | 20 | 18 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. 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 #118 card?
It is card #118 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Bruce. The Sport Magazine Rookie Star subset marks players Sport magazine tipped for 1960, and it is where the set's marquee rookies live, headed by #148 Carl Yastrzemski and #316 Willie McCovey.
Is 1960 Topps #118 a rookie card?
Yes - #118 is the 1960 Topps rookie card of Bob Bruce.
What is the 1960 Topps Venezuelan version?
Topps licensed a parallel printing for the Venezuelan market covering roughly the first 196 cards. It is a separate issue on thinner stock with Spanish text on the back, collected on its own and not part of finishing this 572-card set.
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 2026-08-20.