1966 Topps #53 Bob Duliba
About Bob Duliba
Series-1 card #53 is Duliba's only Red Sox issue; the Angels had traded him to Boston for Hal Kolstad in April 1965. It reports that season, 4-2 with a 3.78 ERA over 64 1/3 innings in 39 games, the year the knuckleball he had taken up in winter ball, with Hoyt Wilhelm brought in to show the grip, finally became effective - though Duliba said his hand was never big enough. A Venezuelan parallel of the set's first 370 cards gives #53 a near-identical twin on darker, thinner stock.
Robert John "Ach" Duliba was born January 9, 1935, in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania, the only Newport Township High School player ever to reach the majors. Cardinals scouts Pop Kelchner and Stan Brackenridge, there to see a teammate, watched him strike out 18 of 21 Nanticoke batters and signed him instead; manager Whitey Kurowski hung the nickname "Ach" on him at Peoria in 1954. After three Marine Corps years at Parris Island and in Hawaii, he went 8-5 at Triple-A Omaha alongside a young Bob Gibson and debuted for St. Louis on August 11, 1959. A right-hander who never started a big-league game in 176 appearances, he worked for the Cardinals, Angels, Red Sox and Athletics, finishing 17-12 with a 3.47 ERA, 14 saves and 129 strikeouts. His 1960 season ended July 10 in a crash outside Columbia, Missouri that killed three passengers he was driving to Ray Sadecki's wedding. He later taught history at Wyoming Area High School, coached baseball at Wilkes University, and died April 4, 2026, at 91.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 181 | 0 | 19 | 86 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 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. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #53 card?
It is card #53 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Duliba of the Boston Red Sox.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, 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.