1967 Topps #482 Bill Monbouquette
About Bill Monbouquette
Number 482 puts him in the sixth series, and the card still says Detroit. The 1966 line behind it is the sourest of his career: 7-8 with a 4.73 ERA in 102 innings, only 14 starts against 16 relief outings after he lost his rotation spot in mid-June, though he did collect his 100th major-league victory along the way for a third-place Tigers club. The uniform did not survive the card. Detroit used him for two scoreless innings in April 1967, asked him to report to Toledo, and gave him his unconditional release in May when he refused.
William Charles Monbouquette, a Medford, Massachusetts, right-hander known as Monbo, signed with his hometown Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955 and debuted on July 18, 1958. A workhorse with pinpoint control, he carried Boston rotations through the early 1960s on mostly second-division clubs, was named an American League All-Star in 1960, 1962 and 1963, and set a Red Sox record with a 17-strikeout game against Washington in 1961. His signature moment came on August 1, 1962, when he no-hit the Chicago White Sox 1-0 at Comiskey Park; a second-inning walk to Al Smith was the only baserunner he allowed. A 20-game winner in 1963, he went 96-91 in eight seasons with Boston before an October 1965 trade sent him to Detroit. Released by the Tigers in May 1967, he caught on with the New York Yankees and closed his career with the San Francisco Giants in 1968, finishing 114-112 with a 3.68 ERA, 78 complete games and 1,122 strikeouts. He later coached in the New York Mets system and served as their major-league pitching coach in 1982 and 1983. Boston elected him to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 235 | 1 | 32 | 120 | 49 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 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. PSA registers a row for every one of the 624 states; SGC lists no separate row for the #149 white-streak state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #482 card?
It is card #482 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Monbouquette of the Detroit Tigers.
Why is #482 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #458-533 - noticeably tougher than the first five.
How many cards are in the 1967 Topps Baseball set?
609 cards, tracked as 624 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 609 without a gap - no number was skipped and none was used twice - and 15 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-12.