1961 Topps #149 Bob Oldis
About Bob Oldis
Card #149, a second-series number, shows Oldis with the World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates, a club that had just ended a 33-year wait to get back to the Fall Classic. He was Danny Murtaugh's third catcher in 1960 behind Smoky Burgess and Hal Smith, appearing in 22 games but starting only three, batting .200 with one RBI and handling all 44 of his chances without an error. In the seven-game Series he came on as a ninth-inning defensive replacement in Games Four and Five, both Pittsburgh wins at Yankee Stadium, and he never came to bat.
Robert Carl Oldis was born January 5, 1928, in Preston, Iowa. His father, the town postmaster, sent him to a five-week instructional camp in Cocoa, Florida, in January 1949, and Washington signed him out of it after three weeks, with no bonus. A right-handed catcher, he reached the Senators in 1953 and spent parts of three seasons in Washington working behind their regular receivers. Pittsburgh drafted him out of the Yankees organization in the November 1959 Rule 5 draft for $25,000, and he earned a World Series ring with the 1960 Pirates before the club sold him to the Philadelphia Phillies after the 1961 season. He played through 1963 and finished at .237 with 56 hits and 22 RBI in 135 games across seven big-league seasons. Oldis stayed in the game for decades, coaching for the Phillies, Twins and Expos, managing in the minors and scouting for the Phillies, Expos and Marlins; fellow scouts voted him major-league scout of the year in 2002. He died September 21, 2025, in Gilbert, Arizona, at 97.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 344 | 0 | 23 | 148 | 125 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 24 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. PSA counts are straight grades only; PSA half grades (PSA 1.5 among them) and qualified slabs are not included. SGC half grades fold down (8.5→8). Slabs of the two cards printed #463 are joined by description, never by number alone.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #149 card?
It is card #149 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Oldis of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
How many cards are in the 1961 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 596 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 589, but #426, #587 and #588 were never issued and two different cards were printed #463 - Jack Fisher and the Milwaukee Braves Team card, catalogued 463b - and eight cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-05.