1968 Topps #176 Bob Allen
A near-identical version of this card was issued in the 1968 Milton Bradley Win-A-Card game. The Milton Bradley printing has a brighter yellow back, where the regular Topps back is gold or orange.
About Bob Allen
Bob Allen's 1968 Topps card, #176, sits in the set's second series. Topps issued it after his 1967 season with the Cleveland Indians, which had quietly been his last in the majors, so the card outlasted the career it pictures. There is a catch for collectors: #176 is one of the 76 Topps numbers reprinted for the 1968 Milton Bradley Win-A-Card boxed game, so a near-identical Allen exists. Tell them apart by the back - the Milton Bradley printing is a brighter yellow where the regular Topps back is gold or orange - and by the thin white line some Milton Bradley cards carry along a front edge.
Robert Gray Allen was a left-handed relief pitcher who spent his entire five-season major league career with the Cleveland Indians, appearing exclusively out of the bullpen and never making a start in 204 games. Born in Tatum, Texas on October 23, 1937, he signed with Cleveland as an amateur free agent in 1956 and went 16-11 for the Indians' Mobile farm club in 1960. He reached the American League on April 14, 1961, retiring all three batters he faced, and went 3-2 over 81 2/3 innings as a rookie. He pitched for Cleveland again in 1962 and 1963, and that December the Indians traded him to the Pittsburgh Pirates for players to be named; the Pirates sent him back to Cleveland in April 1964 without his ever pitching a big-league game for them, and he was out of the majors through 1964 and 1965. Allen resurfaced with the Indians in 1966 and 1967, closing with a 7-12 record, a 4.11 ERA, 199 strikeouts and 19 saves. He died in Tatum in December 2023 at the age of 86.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 236 | 1 | 42 | 121 | 44 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 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. 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 #176 card?
It is card #176 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Allen of the Cleveland Indians.
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.