1967 Topps #136 Carroll Sembera
About Carroll Sembera
Card #136 catches Sembera in his busiest Houston season: a career-high 45 relief appearances, 59.2 innings and 15 games finished, with a 2-6 record and three saves. It was the fullest workload of his five-year career, a year after his 1966 rookie-subset debut card, and his last full season with the Astros before he moved on to the expansion Montreal Expos in 1969.
Carroll Sembera was a right-handed relief pitcher from Shiner, Texas who spent five seasons in the majors with the Houston Astros and Montreal Expos. He debuted with Houston in 1965 at age 23 and became a steady bullpen arm, topping out with career highs across the board in 1967: 45 games, 59.2 innings and 15 games finished. After his Astros run ended, he was part of the 1969 Expos' inaugural roster and picked up the first save in franchise history on opening day that season. His final major league appearances came with Montreal in 1970. Over 99 career games he went 3-11 with a 4.70 ERA and six saves, working almost exclusively out of the bullpen. He also saw brief duty as a pinch hitter, collecting two hits in 15 career at-bats. After his playing days, Sembera moved into scouting, working for the Major League Scouting Bureau and later spending eleven years with the Seattle Mariners organization. He died in his hometown of Shiner in 2005 at age 63.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 5 | 30 | 104 | 47 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 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 #136 card?
It is card #136 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Carroll Sembera of the Houston Astros.
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.