1962 Topps #149 Bob Duliba
About Bob Duliba
Card #149 is a series-2 Cardinals issue in two versions: 149a without the green tint and 149b with it, the color-shifted second printing of that series, the scarcer of the two, run off elsewhere when demand outran the order. It follows a 1961 spent entirely in the minors, 7-7 over 101 innings at San Juan and Charleston. Duliba was back in St. Louis by July, going 2-0 with two saves and a 2.06 ERA in 28 games, his best in any season he worked more than a dozen times.
Robert John "Ach" Duliba was born January 9, 1935, in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, the only Newport Township High School player ever to reach the majors. Cardinals scouts Pop Kelchner and Stan Brackenridge, there to see a teammate, watched him strike out 18 of 21 Nanticoke batters and signed him instead; manager Whitey Kurowski hung the nickname "Ach" on him at Peoria in 1954. After three Marine Corps years at Parris Island and in Hawaii, he went 8-5 at Triple-A Omaha alongside a young Bob Gibson and debuted for St. Louis on August 11, 1959. A right-hander who never started a big-league game in 176 appearances, he worked for the Cardinals, Angels, Red Sox and Athletics, finishing 17-12 with a 3.47 ERA, 14 saves and 129 strikeouts. His 1960 season ended July 10 in a crash outside Columbia, Missouri that killed three passengers he was driving to Ray Sadecki's wedding. He later taught history at Wyoming Area High School, coached baseball at Wilkes University, and died April 4, 2026, at 91.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Print variations
Two states of #149 are tracked individually: 149a - No Green Tint and 149b - Green Tint. The difference is on the front of the card (green tint).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149a - No Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 235 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 98 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 149b - Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 66 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #149 card?
It is card #149 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Duliba of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Does 1962 Topps #149 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked separately: 149a - No Green Tint (No green tint - the standard first printing) and 149b - Green Tint (Green tint - the color-shifted second printing of series 2). Owning any one of them fills the #149 slot; the master set counts each state.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-03.