1961 Topps #196 Ed Bouchee
About Ed Bouchee
Bouchee's 1961 Topps card, #196 in the set's second series, finds him with the Chicago Cubs, where he had landed on May 13, 1960 in the deal that sent him and pitcher Don Cardwell from Philadelphia for Tony Taylor and Cal Neeman. He batted .262 in 22 games as a Phillie before the trade, then hit .237 with 5 home runs and 44 RBIs in 98 games for Chicago. Two days after the swap, an eighth-inning stop by Bouchee helped preserve Cardwell's no-hitter.
Ed Bouchee was a left-handed first baseman born in Livingston, Montana, whose family moved to Spokane during World War II and who starred in three sports at Lewis and Clark High School. He left Washington State College in June 1952 to sign with the hometown Spokane Indians of the Western International League; while he spent the next two years in the Army, Spokane entered a working agreement with Philadelphia that handed the Phillies his rights. He debuted on September 19, 1956, and his 1957 rookie season, .293 with 17 home runs and 76 RBIs, made him the Sporting News NL Rookie Player of the Year and runner-up in the writers' Rookie of the Year vote. The following January he was arrested in Spokane on indecent-exposure charges involving two young girls; he pleaded guilty, drew three years' probation and treatment at Hartford's Institute for Living, and was reinstated by Commissioner Ford Frick on July 1, 1958, on the condition that he room with Robin Roberts. He hit .285 with 15 home runs in 1959, spent parts of two seasons with the Cubs, and finished with the expansion Mets at .265 with 61 home runs and 290 RBIs in 670 games over seven seasons. He later spent nearly 30 years as a warehouse supervisor for AC Delco in Des Plaines, Illinois.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 427 | 1 | 27 | 191 | 151 | 39 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #196 card?
It is card #196 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Bouchee of the Chicago Cubs.
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.