1967 Topps #279 Frank Linzy
About Frank Linzy
Card #279 in Topps' third 1967 series shows Linzy with the Giants, who kept leaning on him as their primary relief arm. He worked 57 games in 1967, posting a 7-7 record, a 1.51 ERA and 17 saves, continuing the steady bullpen role that had defined his previous two seasons.
Frank Alfred Linzy, born September 15, 1940, in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, pitched eleven big league seasons as a hard-throwing right-handed reliever, almost never starting a game. Debuting with the San Francisco Giants in 1963, he became one of the National League's most trusted firemen, entering games in the seventh or eighth inning just as often as the ninth. His signature stretch came in 1965 and 1966, when he anchored the Giants' bullpen through two tight pennant races, finishing 13th in the 1965 NL Most Valuable Player vote and third for NL Rookie of the Year. Linzy remained with San Francisco through 1970, then closed out his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, and Philadelphia Phillies, retiring after the 1974 season. Over 516 career games he posted a 62-57 record, a 2.85 earned run average, and 111 saves, working almost exclusively in relief. He was never selected to an All-Star team and is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 269 | 4 | 59 | 140 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 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 #279 card?
It is card #279 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Linzy of the San Francisco Giants.
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.