1966 Topps #432 Bob Heffner
About Bob Heffner
1966 Topps #432, issued in the set's fifth print series, shows Heffner with the Cleveland Indians, who had claimed him from Toronto in that winter's Rule 5 draft. He spent most of the year starting for the Pacific Coast League's Portland Beavers, where he was named team MVP, before a late-season call-up to Cleveland, where he worked five games, including one start.
Bob Heffner was a tall right-handed pitcher out of Allentown, Pennsylvania, signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1957 after starring in basketball and baseball at Allentown High School. He worked his way up through the Red Sox farm system, including stops with his hometown Allentown club, before debuting in the majors in June 1963 with a complete-game win over Detroit. Used as both a starter and a reliever across five big league seasons with Boston, Cleveland, and California, Heffner posted an 11-21 record with a 4.51 ERA and six saves over 114 games. His best season came in 1964, when he set career highs in wins, strikeouts, games, and innings for an eighth-place Red Sox club. Off the mound he was known by the nickname "Butch," given to him in high school by the school's radio broadcaster. After his playing career ended in 1968, he spent nearly three decades in sales for a beverage distributor in his hometown.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 333 | 4 | 39 | 177 | 74 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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. 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 #432 card?
It is card #432 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Heffner of the Cleveland Indians.
Does #432 have a variation?
Not one tracked here. Two catalogs, Cardsmiths and Cardboard Connection, record a green-trees / purple-trees background pair, but the Trading Card Database does not letter it and no grader splits it, so it is not tracked as a separate state.
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.