1967 Topps #50 Tony Oliva
About Tony Oliva
Card #50 hands him an early first-series slot, looking back on a .307 year with 25 home runs, a league-leading 191 hits and the only Gold Glove he ever won. Card #239, the American League 1966 Batting Leaders, sets him second behind Triple Crown winner Frank Robinson and ahead of Al Kaline. He had led at .328 into August; two bad stretches, three hits in 29 at-bats and four in 34, cost him a third straight crown.
Tony Oliva came out of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, born Pedro Oliva, and reached the United States in the spring of 1961 carrying his brother Antonio's papers, which is how he became Tony; his given name, Pedro, followed him into print for years, though everyone called him Tony. He spent his whole major league career, 1962 through 1976, with the Minnesota Twins, first in right field and later as a designated hitter. After short callups in 1962 and 1963 he was a near-unanimous American League Rookie of the Year in 1964 and took the batting title in the same season, something no player had done before, while leading the league in hits, doubles, runs and total bases. He repeated as batting champion in 1965, when the Twins won the pennant, and won a third crown at .337 in 1971. A Gold Glove came in 1966, and he was an All-Star in each of his first eight full seasons. Knee, leg and shoulder trouble then took the rest: ten games in 1972, then four closing years as the Twins' designated hitter. He finished at .304 with 220 home runs and 947 RBI, coached in Minnesota, had his number 6 retired in 1991, and was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in December 2021 for the class of 2022.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 733 | 3 | 63 | 226 | 186 | 123 | 68 | 64 | 0 |
| SGC | 115 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
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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Related cards
More Tony Oliva in this set: #239 League Leaders
Team card: #211 Minnesota Twins
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #15 Earl Battey
- #98 Rich Rollins
- #133 Ron Kline
- #137 Twins 1967 Rookie Stars
- #164 Dwight Siebler
- #194 Bob Allison
- #224 Walt Bond
- #235 American League 1966 Pitching Leaders
- #237 American League 1966 Strikeout Leaders
- #239 American League 1966 Batting Leaders
- #241 American League 1966 RBI Leaders
- #243 American League 1966 Home Run Leaders
- #246 Jim Perry
- #270 Zoilo Versalles
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #50 card?
It is card #50 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins.
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.