1963 Topps #423 Ed Hobaugh
About Ed Hobaugh
His last card, #423 in the fifth series of 1963 Topps, still shows him with Washington; it is a plain mid-set number. By that spring Hobaugh was one of only four men left from the club's 1960 expansion picks, and he spent nearly all of 1963 in the minors, first with Triple-A Toronto, a Milwaukee Braves affiliate the Senators had a working arrangement with, then with a St. Louis Cardinals club under the same deal, going 6-7 with a 4.11 ERA. Recalled in September, he made nine appearances, one of them a start, without a decision, homered in his final big league at-bat, and struck out the last two men he faced on September 27.
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 | 250 | 0 | 14 | 140 | 68 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #423 card?
It is card #423 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Hobaugh of the Washington Senators.
How many cards are in the 1963 Topps Baseball set?
576 cards, tracked as 583 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 576 with no gaps and no number used twice, and seven cards carry a catalogued print variation - three checklists, the two Rookie Stars cards also printed with a "1962" heading, and the #341 Jack Baldschun and #454 Art Fowler print states - that the master set counts separately.
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