1967 Topps #132 Ozzie Virgil
About Ozzie Virgil
The second-series #132 puts Virgil back in a Giants uniform, the organization that had signed him as an amateur in 1953. San Francisco brought him back on December 1, 1965, sending Matty Alou to Pittsburgh for Virgil and pitcher Joe Gibbon. The season behind the card is 1966, his last extended stay in the majors: 42 games, a .213 average, 19 hits, two home runs and nine RBI, with time at catcher, first base, second base, third base and right field. He played no major league games in 1967, so the card caught him at the close of his playing days rather than in the middle of them.
Osvaldo Jose Virgil Pichardo was born May 17, 1932 in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic, grew up in the Bronx after his family emigrated, and became the first Dominican-born player in post-integration Major League Baseball when he debuted for the New York Giants on September 23, 1956. A right-handed hitter and thrower, he played every position except pitcher and center field, most often third base. Across nine seasons with the Giants in both New York and San Francisco, Detroit, Kansas City, Baltimore and Pittsburgh he batted .231 with 174 hits, 14 home runs and 73 RBI in 324 games. In 1958 he became the first black player to appear for the Tigers, one of the last clubs to integrate, a distinction usually noted with the caveat that he was more precisely their first Latino; in his Detroit home debut he went 5-for-5 to a standing ovation he said he never forgot. He then coached 19 seasons in the majors, working 1977 through 1988 as Dick Williams's third-base coach, including the pennant-winning 1984 San Diego Padres. His son Ozzie Virgil Jr. caught in all or parts of 11 big league seasons and was a two-time National League All-Star; father coached third base while son batted in the 1985 All-Star Game. Virgil died September 29, 2024 in Monte Cristi at 92.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 278 | 9 | 45 | 145 | 47 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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 #132 card?
It is card #132 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ozzie Virgil 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.