1966 Topps #423 Ernie Broglio
About Ernie Broglio
Leo Durocher took over the Cubs in 1966 and liked what he saw that spring, when Broglio pitched off a slider and a fast curve instead of leaning on the fastball, so he opened the year in the rotation. It did not hold. He started the season's second game at San Francisco on April 13, made his last start on June 22 against the Giants to a chorus of boos at Wrigley Field, and after two relief outings was sent down to Tacoma on July 5 at 2-6. He was 30, and he never pitched in the majors again. Card #423 is his last card of the 1960s Topps run, a plain fifth-series issue with the Cubs.
Ernest Gilbert Broglio was born in Berkeley, California, on August 27, 1935, and moved with his family to El Cerrito in 1945. He signed out of El Cerrito High School with the Pacific Coast League's Oakland Oaks in 1953, won 20 games for Stockton in 1955, then landed in the New York Giants chain and went 17-6 for the Dallas Eagles in 1957. A five-player swap sent the right-hander to the St. Louis Cardinals on October 8, 1958. He debuted on April 11, 1959, and broke through the next season at 21-9 with a 2.74 earned run average, tying Warren Spahn for the National League lead in wins, finishing second in ERA and third in the Cy Young vote, and taking the league's Sophomore of the Year award. A sore right shoulder and close to twenty cortisone shots dragged him to 9-12 in 1961, but he rebuilt his arm and won 18 games in 1963. On June 15, 1964, St. Louis sent him, Bobby Shantz and Doug Clemens to the Chicago Cubs for Lou Brock, Jack Spring and Paul Toth. Elbow surgery followed that November, Broglio won only seven more games, and the swap became the standard example of a lopsided trade. He finished 77-74 with a 3.74 ERA and died July 16, 2019.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 188 | 1 | 21 | 97 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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. 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 #423 card?
It is card #423 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ernie Broglio of the Chicago Cubs.
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.