1967 Topps #417 Bob Bruce
Card 417 comes with two backs: the corrected version reading BRAVES and the error reading RBAVES.
About Bob Bruce
Bruce's last card of the decade, fifth-series #417, already lists him with Atlanta: Houston traded him to the Braves on the last day of 1966 in the package that brought Eddie Mathews the other way. The back reports a brutal 1966, a 3-13 record and 5.34 ERA over 25 games, 23 starts and 129.2 innings, wrecked by an eye infection that cost him seven weeks on the disabled list and left him unable to get back to full strength. Collectors chase two states of this card: the corrected back, which reads BRAVES, and the error, which reads RBAVES. Bruce made only 12 appearances for Atlanta before a cracked rib and a demotion to Richmond ended his career.
Robert James Bruce was born May 16, 1933, a birth the record books place in New York City and his family history places in Detroit; either way he grew up in Highland Park, the small city ringed by Detroit. He did not take baseball seriously until his senior year at Highland Park High, then won a scholarship to Alma College, where a 19-strikeout game against the University of Detroit brought scouts around. The Tigers signed the 6-foot-3 right-hander for a $20,000 bonus, and after Army service interrupted his climb he reached the majors on September 14, 1959. Bruce worked as a swingman in 50 games for Detroit before Houston acquired him for veteran Sam Jones on December 1, 1961, and the move to the expansion Colt .45s made him a rotation regular. He is remembered in Houston as the man who threw the first pitch in Astrodome history. Traded to Atlanta on the last day of 1966 in the package that brought Eddie Mathews to Houston, Bruce closed a nine-year, 219-game career with the Braves, finishing 49-71 with a 3.85 ERA, 733 strikeouts and six shutouts over 1,122.1 innings. He later ran his own real estate brokerage near Dallas, and died March 14, 2017, in Plano, Texas.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Print variations
Two states of #417 are tracked individually: 417a - Correct Back and 417b - Rbaves On Back. The difference is on the back of the card (back text).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 417a - Correct Back | |||||||||
| PSA | 230 | 1 | 24 | 109 | 57 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 417b - Rbaves On Back | |||||||||
| PSA | 227 | 1 | 22 | 89 | 61 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 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 417a - Correct Back. 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 #417 card?
It is card #417 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Bruce of the Atlanta Braves.
Does 1967 Topps #417 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 417a - Correct Back (The back reads "BRAVES" - the corrected card) and 417b - Rbaves On Back (The team name on the back is misprinted "RBAVES"). Owning any one of them fills the #417 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.