1968 Topps #8 American League 1967 ERA Leaders - Joe Horlen / Gary Peters / Sonny Siebert
On this card: Joe Horlen, Gary Peters, Sonny Siebert
This card's design was also used for a 1968 Milton Bradley board-game card with a yellow-tinged back.
About this card
Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset: twelve horizontal cards, each listing the top three or four finishers in one 1967 statistical category, the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
The story on this card
The 1967 American League ERA race had three White Sox and Indians arms bunched at the top. Chicago's Joe Horlen led the league at 2.06 over 258 innings, going 19-7 with a September no-hitter against Detroit and his only All-Star selection. Teammate Gary Peters, the 1963 Rookie of the Year, was next at 2.28 with a 16-11 mark and his second career All-Star nod. Cleveland's Sonny Siebert followed at 2.38, going 10-12 a year removed from his no-hitter against Washington and his first All-Star turn, both in 1966. This League Leaders card puts all three names on one board, crediting Horlen and Peters to the White Sox and Siebert to the Indians for the season behind the numbers.
A soft-spoken right-hander from San Antonio, Joel Horlen anchored the Chicago White Sox rotation through the 1960s with a hard curve and a stingy ERA, throwing a 1967 no-hitter for a club that could barely score him a run. Gary Peters - White Sox lefty who needed seven minor-league seasons and four short call-ups before an emergency start stuck in 1963, the year he led the AL in ERA and won Rookie of the Year; he later tied for the league lead in wins. Sonny Siebert - right-hander who threw a no-hitter for Cleveland in 1966 and made two All-Star teams over a 140-win career with the Indians, Red Sox, Rangers, Cardinals, Padres, and Athletics.
Sources: Wikipedia (Joe Horlen) · Wikipedia (Gary Peters) · Wikipedia (Sonny Siebert) · SABR BioProject (Joe Horlen) · SABR BioProject (Gary Peters) · SABR BioProject (Sonny Siebert) · Baseball Almanac (Joe Horlen)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 709 | 21 | 142 | 339 | 99 | 41 | 38 | 25 | 4 |
| SGC | 38 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 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. Slabs of the yellow team-letter #49 and #66 are 1968 Milton Bradley game cards and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1968 Topps #8 card?
It is card #8 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Horlen, Gary Peters and Sonny Siebert. Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset: twelve horizontal cards, each listing the top three or four finishers in one 1967 statistical category, the National League card first and the American League card second in each pair.
How many cards are in the 1968 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 606 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 without a gap and no printed number carries two different cards; eight cards - six of the seven checklists, #10 AL Pitching Leaders and #400 Mike McCormick - carry a catalogued print variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, Baseball Almanac, Beckett, 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.