1967 Topps #198 Chuck Hiller
About Chuck Hiller
#198 is a third-series card. New York had traded Ron Hunt to the Dodgers in November and planned a Hiller-Bressoud platoon at second. Then Bressoud went to St. Louis for Jerry Buchek, Hiller strained his shoulder in a March exhibition, broke a hand bone in batting practice and lost May, and hit .093 in 25 games. Buchek kept the job; on July 11 the Mets traded Hiller to Philadelphia for Phil Linz.
Chuck Hiller was a left-handed-hitting, right-handed-throwing second baseman from Johnsburg, Illinois, who spent eight big-league seasons with the Giants, Mets, Phillies and Pirates between 1961 and 1968. Cleveland signed him in 1957 and then left him unprotected, and San Francisco took him in the minor league draft of December 1958 - a bargain that paid off when he was named Texas League Player of the Year in 1960. His college hitting for St. Thomas later earned him a place in the national intercollegiate baseball hall of fame in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was never a big bat, .243 with 20 home runs in 704 games, and his work in the field earned him the nickname Iron Hands, but one swing put him in the record book: a Game 4 grand slam off the Yankees' Marshall Bridges in the 1962 World Series, the first by a National Leaguer. His best average came off the bench, .280 for the 1966 Mets. His playing days ended in 1968, and his baseball life ran another 35 years as a coach, minor league manager and infield instructor, including a ring as a St. Louis coach in 1982. Leukemia took him in 2004 at 70.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 272 | 4 | 56 | 138 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 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 #198 card?
It is card #198 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chuck Hiller of the New York Mets.
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.