1964 Topps #518 Carl Bouldin
About Carl Bouldin
Bouldin's fourth big-league season was also his last. He worked nine games for Washington, finished 0-3 with a 5.40 ERA across 25 innings, and made his final major league appearance on July 5, 1964, wearing number 18 on a $6,000 salary. He spent most of that summer in the minors, first at Toronto and then with the Indianapolis Indians, the Chicago White Sox affiliate in the Pacific Coast League. Card number 518 is his solo Topps issue with the Senators, printed in the same sixth series as the year before. His rookie card is the four-player entry from 1963.
Carl Edward Bouldin, born September 17, 1939 in Germantown, Kentucky and raised in Norwood, Ohio, was a true two-sport man at the University of Cincinnati. A guard on the basketball team, he was co-captain of the 1960-61 Bearcats, scored a team-high 21 points in the national semifinal rout of Utah, then added 16 in the 70-65 overtime win over Ohio State that brought Cincinnati its first NCAA championship; that club finished 27-3. The Cincinnati Royals took him in the 14th round of the 1961 NBA draft, but Bouldin picked baseball and signed with the Washington Senators as a switch-hitting right-handed pitcher. He reached the majors that same September and worked parts of four seasons for Washington, going 3-8 with a 6.15 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 27 games, spending most of those years in the minors at Syracuse, Toronto and Indianapolis. His last professional season came in 1965. Cincinnati put him in its athletics hall of fame in 1982, and in 1992 he was an inaugural inductee into the Norwood High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 220 | 1 | 28 | 117 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #518 card?
It is card #518 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Carl Bouldin of the Washington Senators.
Why is #518 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.