1967 Topps #297 Dave Morehead
About Dave Morehead
Card #297 is a plain series-4 card, off a wrecked 1966. On a cold, drizzling April 19 at Fenway Park, Morehead led Detroit 7-0 with six strikeouts through four when his left foot gave way on the mound in the fifth and something popped in his arm. He finished the inning, could not lift the arm to start the sixth, and did not pitch again until May 30. The year closed at 1-2, 5.46, twelve games, 28 innings.
David Michael Morehead was a right-handed pitcher who spent eight major league seasons (1963-1970), the first six with the Boston Red Sox and the last two with the expansion Kansas City Royals. Signed by scout Ray Boone off a 16-0 senior season at San Diego's Hoover High School, the school that also produced Ted Williams, he was in a big league rotation less than two years later and opened his career with a five-hit, 10-strikeout, 3-0 shutout of Washington on April 13, 1963. On September 16, 1965 he no-hit the Cleveland Indians 2-0, walking only Rocky Colavito. It was the last no-hitter by a Red Sox pitcher until Hideo Nomo's in 2001, and the last thrown at Fenway Park until Derek Lowe's in 2002. A shoulder injury early the following season cost him his rotation job, and he never held a regular starting role again. He finished 40-64 with a 4.15 ERA and 627 strikeouts in 177 games and 819 1/3 innings, then earned a marketing degree from San Diego State University and built a business selling sporting goods to retail chains.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 288 | 2 | 51 | 158 | 44 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 #297 card?
It is card #297 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Morehead of the Boston Red Sox.
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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