1966 Topps #412 Sam Bowens
About Sam Bowens
1966 Topps #412 falls in the set's fifth print series and again pictures Bowens with the Orioles. He appeared in 89 games in 1966, batting .210 with 6 home runs, 20 RBI and 26 runs scored, splitting outfield duty as Baltimore reshaped its roster around younger players.
Sam Bowens was an outfielder from Wilmington, North Carolina who reached the majors with the Baltimore Orioles in September 1963. He had his best season in 1964, playing 139 games and hitting .263 with 22 home runs and 71 RBI, numbers that made him a regular in the Baltimore outfield. His production fell off in the years that followed as he battled to match that rookie-year power, and his playing time shrank through 1965, 1966 and 1967. Baltimore let him go, and he finished his career with the Washington Senators in 1968 and 1969. Over seven big-league seasons Bowens appeared in 479 games, batting .223 with 45 home runs, 143 RBI and 25 stolen bases. He was never selected to an All-Star team, won no major awards, and did not appear in a postseason game. Bowens died in his hometown of Wilmington in 2003, four decades after his rookie breakthrough with the Orioles.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 305 | 9 | 53 | 152 | 58 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 #412 card?
It is card #412 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sam Bowens of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.