1961 Topps #216 Ted Bowsfield
About Ted Bowsfield
Bowsfield's 1961 Topps card, #216, is a series-3 issue out of the first season of Los Angeles Angels baseball. Pitching for the American League's brand-new expansion club, he went 11-8 with a 3.73 ERA across 41 games and 21 starts, the only Angels starter to finish above .500, and completed four outings including a shutout. The Angels themselves went 70-91 and placed eighth.
Ted Bowsfield (born Edward Oliver Bowsfield, January 10, 1935, in Vernon, British Columbia, and raised in Penticton) was a left-handed pitcher who reached the majors on July 20, 1958, with the Boston Red Sox. Red Sox scout Earl Johnson signed him in 1954 for a $4,000 bonus. As a rookie he beat the New York Yankees three times in 22 days, prompting Casey Stengel's remark that no left-hander Boston had carried since Mel Parnell managed that, and the Boston chapter of the baseball writers voted him its Rookie of the Year. Boston traded him to the Cleveland Indians in June 1960, the expansion Los Angeles Angels took him in the December 1960 draft, and he finished with the Kansas City Athletics. Arm trouble ended him after seven big-league seasons: 37-39, a 4.35 ERA, 326 strikeouts, 12 complete games and four shutouts in 215 games. He then ran ballparks for two decades, directing stadium operations for the Angels, Seattle's Kingdome and the Tacoma Dome, and was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame on June 4, 1988.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac · Canada's Baseball Hall of Fame
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 322 | 4 | 43 | 170 | 74 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 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 #216 card?
It is card #216 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ted Bowsfield of the Los Angeles Angels.
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.