1968 Topps #139 Chris Short
A yellow-tinged 1968 Milton Bradley Win-A-Card look-alike of this card exists.
About Chris Short
Short rebounded from his injury-shortened 1967 with a 19-13 record and 202 strikeouts, and threw a four-hit shutout on Opening Day. He appears twice in this set: card #7, in the first print series, is a League Leaders card shared with Phil Niekro and Jim Bunning; card #139, in the second series, is his solo Phillies card.
Chris Short was a hard-throwing left-hander who spent nearly his entire fifteen-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies, debuting in 1959 and pitching through 1972 before finishing up with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1973. A native of Milford, Delaware, the six-foot-four southpaw struggled with control early on before blossoming into one of the National League's top pitchers from 1964 through 1968, averaging better than 250 innings and 17 wins a season during that stretch. His best year came in 1964, when he went 17-9 with a career-best 2.20 ERA, though the Phillies' historic late-season collapse overshadowed the individual performance. He won 20 games in 1966 and finished his career with 135 wins, a 3.43 ERA, and 1,629 strikeouts. A two-time All-Star, Short was known in the clubhouse by the nickname "Styles." He died in 1991 and is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, though he was later inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 351 | 14 | 108 | 166 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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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Related cards
More Chris Short in this set: #7 League Leaders
Team card: #477 Philadelphia Phillies
More Philadelphia Phillies cards:
- #1 National League 1967 Batting Leaders
- #7 National League 1967 ERA Leaders
- #9 National League 1967 Pitching Leaders
- #11 National League 1967 Strikeout Leaders
- #17 Dick Hall
- #39 Cookie Rojas
- #59 Don Lock
- #81 Larry Jackson
- #98 Gary Sutherland
- #112 Woody Fryman
- #122 Gene Mauch
- #173 John Boozer
- #190 Bill White
- #217 Turk Farrell
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1968 Topps #139 card?
It is card #139 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chris Short of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.