1964 Topps #426 Bob Rodgers
About Bob Rodgers
Rodgers turns up twice in 1964 Topps. #61 is a first-series card he shares with Ed Sadowski, who had split the Angels' catching with him from 1961 through 1963 and then spent 1964 and 1965 out of the major leagues entirely; #426 comes from the fifth series. On the field Rodgers caught 146 games, tied his own club record with 14 double plays, and was the regular receiver for Dean Chance's Cy Young season of 20-9 and a 1.65 ERA. He hit .243 with 54 RBIs in 148 games for an 82-80 club, and somewhere along the way he touched Dick Radatz for an inside-the-park home run.
Robert Leroy "Buck" Rodgers, born August 16, 1938, in Delaware, Ohio, was a basketball star and six-time no-hit pitcher at Prospect High School before Ohio Wesleyan University converted him to catcher. He signed with the Detroit Tigers as a free agent in 1956, spent five years buried in a farm-system logjam of catchers, and was taken by the Los Angeles Angels in the 1960 expansion draft. Look magazine named him the American Association's top catcher at Dallas-Fort Worth in 1961, and he reached the majors that September, spending all nine of his big-league seasons, 1961 through 1969, with the franchise as it went from the Los Angeles Angels to the California Angels. A 6-foot-2 switch hitter scouted as a fine handler of pitchers, he caught Bo Belinsky's no-hitter in 1962 and was behind the plate when Tony Conigliaro was beaned in 1967, finishing with a .232 average, 704 hits, 288 RBIs and 31 home runs in 932 games. He then coached and managed for years, running the Milwaukee Brewers, Montreal Expos and California Angels and winning National League Manager of the Year in 1987.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 189 | 1 | 23 | 95 | 42 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Related cards
More Bob Rodgers in this set: #61 Angel Backstops
Team card: #213 Los Angeles Angels
More Los Angeles Angels cards:
- #32 Dean Chance
- #41 Friendly Foes
- #48 Bob Perry
- #61 Angel Backstops
- #71 Jack Spring
- #97 Jim Fregosi
- #110 Albie Pearson
- #127 Angels 1964 Rookie Stars
- #149 Paul Foytack
- #159 Charlie Dees
- #227 Barry Latman
- #255 Lee Thomas
- #273 Mel Nelson
- #279 Joe Koppe
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #426 card?
It is card #426 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Rodgers of the Los Angeles Angels.
Why is #426 harder to find?
It is a series 5-6 card. Cards from the fifth and sixth print series (#371-522) are a step tougher to find than #1-370; availability in 1964 runs in three tiers, not a cliff.
How many cards are in the 1964 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 589 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 587 with no gaps, and no number carries two different cards; two cards - #4, the A.L. Pitching Leaders, and #517, the seventh-series checklist - carry a catalogued back variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-11.