1964 Topps #88 John Roseboro
About John Roseboro
#88 sits in the first series of the 1964 set, a plain low number. The season alongside it was his best at the plate: .287 in 134 games with 24 doubles and 45 runs batted in, helped along by a switch to a heavier Drysdale-model bat. He also threw out 60.4 percent of the runners who tested him, tops among National League catchers and one of the highest single-season marks any catcher has recorded. The Dodgers themselves fell to seventh place.
John Roseboro was an American catcher who played in the major leagues from 1957 through 1970, almost all of it with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. Born May 13, 1933 in Ashland, Ohio, he signed with Brooklyn in 1952 and spent five years in the minors before reaching Brooklyn in June 1957. He inherited the Dodgers' catching job in 1958 after a car accident ended Roy Campanella's career, and he held it through 1967. A four-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, he caught four Dodgers pennant winners and three championship clubs, and Sandy Koufax said that with Roseboro out there he never felt alone. So quiet that the game nicknamed him "Gabby," he is still best known for August 22, 1965, when Giants pitcher Juan Marichal hit him over the head with a bat. Minnesota acquired him after the 1967 season, and he caught the 1969 American League West champion Twins before a final year with the Washington Senators. He finished with 1,585 games, a .249 average, 104 home runs and 548 runs batted in, and died in Los Angeles on August 16, 2002.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 333 | 2 | 28 | 164 | 83 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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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- #30 Ron Perranoski
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #88 card?
It is card #88 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing John Roseboro of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.