1967 Topps #543 Dan Schneider
About Dan Schneider
On October 13, 1966, Atlanta sent Schneider to Houston along with Tom Dukes and Lee Bales, taking back Gene Ratliff, John Hoffman and Ed Pacheco in the six-player deal. The change of address gave him by far his heaviest workload: 54 appearances for the Astros, every one in relief, 27 of them games he finished, with an 0-2 record, a 4.96 ERA, 39 strikeouts in 52 2/3 innings and the only two saves of his career. His 1967 Topps card is number 543 with the Houston Astros, a high number from the seventh and final series of that year's set.
Daniel Louis Schneider, a left-handed pitcher, was born August 29, 1942, in Evansville, Indiana, and was raised in Tucson, Arizona, where he was an All-City and All-State player at Rincon High School, class of 1960. At the University of Arizona he was named a first-team All-American in 1962, and the Milwaukee Braves signed him that June. He reached the majors in May 1963 and pitched for the Braves in 1963, 1964 and 1966, then closed his big-league career with the Houston Astros, his last appearance coming in April 1969. Across five major league seasons he went 2-5 with a 4.71 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 117 games, only eight of them starts. His full professional career, minor league seasons included, ran from 1962 through 1970. He settled back in Tucson as chief financial officer of an insurance and financial services firm, coached and administered youth baseball, and in 1991 headed the community group that brought the Colorado Rockies to town for spring training after the Cleveland Indians pulled out. He entered the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 and the University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 397 | 3 | 44 | 189 | 108 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
| SGC | 35 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 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 #543 card?
It is card #543 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dan Schneider of the Houston Astros.
Why is #543 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last print series, #534-609 - the scarce end of the set, holding both Hall of Fame rookies (Carew #569, Seaver #581). Twenty-two of the 76 are accepted double prints, so scarcity varies card by card inside the run.
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.
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