1967 Topps #447 Bo Belinsky
About Bo Belinsky
Card #447 is a fifth-series issue and Belinsky's first as an Astro; Houston took him from the Phillies in the Rule 5 draft on November 28, 1966. It comes in two collectible states, split by how much of his 1966 Triple-A San Diego line survived the printing: 447a carries that full stat line, while on 447b it is nearly gone. The 1966 behind it was nine games for Philadelphia, 0-2 with a 2.93 ERA in 15 1/3 innings, then a June option to San Diego and a 4.83 ERA over 54 Pacific Coast League innings. Houston got one more highlight out of him in 1967 - two hits over eight innings against the Mets in July, the last win of his major-league career.
Robert "Bo" Belinsky signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in May 1956, quit his first minor-league club in midseason, and spent the next five seasons in the Baltimore chain, where he led the Double-A Southern Association in strikeouts at Little Rock in 1961; the expansion Los Angeles Angels took him in the Rule 5 draft that November. He won his first four major-league starts in 1962, capped by a 2-0 no-hitter over Baltimore on May 5 at Dodger Stadium - the first in Angels history and the first thrown in a West Coast game - and finished 10-11 with a 3.56 ERA. The left-hander never matched it, pitching for the Angels (1962-1964), Phillies (1965-1966), Astros (1967), Pirates (1969) and Reds (1970) and ending 28-51 with a 4.10 ERA and 476 strikeouts in 665 1/3 innings. A Trenton pool hustler who went by Bo, he was the country's best-known athlete-playboy 3 1/2 years before Joe Namath reached New York, dating Ann-Margret, Tina Louise and Connie Stevens and marrying Playboy Playmate Jo Collins. Alcohol and cocaine followed; he got sober, became a born-again Christian and counseled other addicts before dying in Las Vegas on November 23, 2001.
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Print variations
Two states of #447 are tracked individually: 447a - Full 1966 S.D. Stats Line and 447b - 66' S.D. Stats Nearly Gone. The difference is on the back of the card (print flaw).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry and the Trading Card Database; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447a - Full 1966 S.D. Stats Line | |||||||||
| PSA | 226 | 2 | 31 | 127 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 447b - 66' S.D. Stats Nearly Gone | |||||||||
| PSA | 150 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 34 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 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 a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation; SGC slabs whose label names no variation are counted under 447a - Full 1966 S.D. Stats Line. 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 #447 card?
It is card #447 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bo Belinsky of the Houston Astros.
Does 1967 Topps #447 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 447a - Full 1966 S.D. Stats Line (The full 1966 San Diego stat line prints) and 447b - 66' S.D. Stats Nearly Gone (The 1966 San Diego stat line is nearly gone). Owning any one of them fills the #447 slot; the master set counts each state.
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.