1961 Topps #129 Ed Hobaugh
About Ed Hobaugh
Topps placed Hobaugh at #129 in its 1961 second series, a mid-run number. Washington had taken him from the White Sox chain the previous December, and he opened the expansion club's first season in the rotation, starting its fifth game on April 19 at Comiskey Park against the team that had signed him. He won six of his first 11 decisions and threw three complete games before two rough July losses pushed him to the bullpen in August. He finished at 7-9, 4.42, with 18 starts in 26 games and 126.1 innings.
Edward Russell Hobaugh, born June 27, 1934 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, was a bespectacled right-handed power pitcher who made his name at Michigan State. He went 4-0 as a sophomore on the 1954 Spartans club that finished third in the College World Series, earned Big Ten All-Conference honors, captained the 1956 team, and left East Lansing with a 15-8 record and a then-school-record 155 strikeouts. The Chicago White Sox signed him in 1956 for a $4,000 bonus, and in his fourth professional start, for Waterloo of the Class B Three-I League, he threw a no-hitter. Two years in the United States Army followed, then Triple-A seasons at Indianapolis and San Diego. The new Washington Senators took him in the December 1960 expansion draft, and he pitched for Washington from 1961 through 1963 as both starter and reliever, going 9-10 with a 4.34 ERA and 115 strikeouts in 61 games. He spent six more years in the high minors with Senators, White Sox, and Pittsburgh Pirates affiliates, retired from the mound in 1969, and managed briefly in the Pirates system before going home to Armstrong County to teach and coach.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 441 | 2 | 53 | 237 | 108 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| SGC | 24 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 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 #129 card?
It is card #129 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Hobaugh of the Washington Senators.
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.