1961 Topps #529 Bob Roselli
About Bob Roselli
At 29, and after two straight seasons at Sacramento, Roselli came to Chicago for 1961 and turned in the best rate of his career - .263 with 10 hits and three doubles in 38 at-bats over 22 games. He caught only 10 of those games, starting seven, and worked the rest as a pinch hitter behind Sherm Lollar; he drew no walks all year, so the .263 doubled as his on-base mark, and he handled all 35 of his chances cleanly. Card #529 lands in the seventh and final print series, which makes it a high number and one of the harder commons in the set. Back in 1956, Topps had already pictured him as a Milwaukee Brave at #131.
Robert Edward Roselli was a right-handed-hitting catcher born December 10, 1931, in San Francisco and schooled at Balboa High. He entered the Braves chain in 1950 with Ventura of the California League and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, losing the 1954 season and part of 1955. He debuted August 16, 1955, with the Milwaukee Braves and spent parts of three seasons there, 1955-56 and 1958, as a backup to Del Crandall, with Triple-A stops at Wichita, Toronto and Sacramento filling the gaps. He resurfaced with the Chicago White Sox for 1961 and 1962 as Sherm Lollar's caddy. Over five big-league seasons he batted .219, 25-for-114, with seven doubles, a triple, two home runs and 10 RBI in 68 games, the last on September 29, 1962. He closed out a professional career that began in 1950 with a 1963 season at Triple-A Hawaii, leaving him at .259 with 63 home runs across 903 minor-league games. He later scouted for the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds, worked as a salesman and coached youth baseball. He died November 6, 2009, in Roseville, California.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 471 | 3 | 39 | 212 | 125 | 54 | 27 | 9 | 2 |
| SGC | 42 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 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 #529 card?
It is card #529 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Roselli of the Chicago White Sox.
Why is #529 harder to find?
It is a high number card (cards 523-589) from the seventh and last print series - the scarce end of the set, including the 22 Sporting News All-Stars.
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.