1965 Topps #52 Ed Roebuck
About Ed Roebuck
Behind this card is the last outstanding season Roebuck had. Washington used him twice early in 1964 before shipping him back to the National League, and in Philadelphia he anchored Gene Mauch's bullpen alongside ace Jack Baldschun: 60 games, 12 saves, five wins and a career-best 2.21 ERA, with just 55 hits and 25 walks allowed in 77 1/3 innings. He pitched four times during the ten-game losing streak that cost the Phillies the pennant and was scored on only once. Card #52 in the 1965 Topps set, from the first print series and issued with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Ed Roebuck was a right-handed relief pitcher from East Millsboro, Pennsylvania, who signed with the Dodgers out of Brownsville High School in 1949 and gave the organization eleven big league seasons. He reached Brooklyn in 1955 after three years at Triple-A Montreal, and as a rookie he worked 47 games behind relief ace Clem Labine and led the pennant winners with 12 saves. He pitched in the 1955 World Series, the only one Brooklyn ever won, and again in 1956. A sore shoulder ended his 1958 season and a year in the minors followed in 1959, but he came back to pitch four more seasons for Los Angeles before trades carried him to Washington and then Philadelphia. He finished 52-31 with 62 saves and a 3.35 ERA in 460 games, all but one of them in relief. Roebuck was also renowned as one of the game's finest fungo hitters, and he was the man Walter O'Malley sent out to launch sky-high flies when the Astrodome's architect needed to know how tall to build the roof. He scouted for nearly four decades afterward and earned a second ring with the 2004 Red Sox.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 235 | 2 | 25 | 125 | 51 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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. The two checklist variations, #79 and #508, are listed under the wording PSA uses for each state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #52 card?
It is card #52 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Roebuck of the Philadelphia Phillies.
How many cards are in the 1965 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 600 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no printed-number collisions, and two checklist cards - #79 and #508 - carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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.