1968 Topps #381 Boog Powell
About Boog Powell
Card #381 belongs to the fifth series. Before the season Powell had said out loud that he wanted one year without an injury, and he got it, playing better than 150 games for the first of three straight years. In the year of the pitcher he led the Orioles with 22 home runs and 85 runs batted in while batting .249, and he earned his first All-Star selection, two plate appearances and two strikeouts in a 1-0 National League win at the Astrodome. Midsummer, Baltimore fired Hank Bauer and promoted Earl Weaver, who had managed Powell in 1960 in the Class B Three-I League, where the kid once broke the ballpark clock with a batting-practice drive.
John Wesley Powell was born August 17, 1941, in Lakeland, Florida, and moved to Key West as a teenager, starring in football, basketball and baseball at Key West High School before signing with the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1959. A huge left-handed hitter, he climbed the farm system fast and led the International League in home runs for Rochester in 1961, the summer Baltimore called him up in September. Powell spent his first three seasons as a slow-footed left fielder before shifting to first base in 1965, and he supplied the power in the middle of the Orioles order that won four American League pennants and two World Series between 1966 and 1971, hitting alongside Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson. He led the league in slugging in 1964, made four straight All-Star teams from 1968 through 1971, and was the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1970. He finished up with the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Dodgers, retiring in 1977 with a .266 average, 339 home runs and 1,187 runs batted in over 17 seasons. Baltimore elected him to the Orioles Hall of Fame in 1979, and he has been a Camden Yards fixture since opening his barbecue stand there in 1992.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 471 | 12 | 85 | 193 | 81 | 38 | 26 | 35 | 1 |
| SGC | 54 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 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 #381 card?
It is card #381 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Boog Powell of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.