1968 Topps #57 Dan Schneider
Topps supplied 1968 cards to Milton Bradley for its Win-A-Card board game. Those copies share this front but were printed with bright yellow backs instead of the standard golden-orange, so a yellow-backed example is the scarcer game issue rather than a regular Topps card.
About Dan Schneider
Schneider was out of the major leagues for all of 1968, the second season since his debut that he spent away from a big-league roster, and he would not throw another major league pitch until the following April. Topps still gave him number 57 with the Houston Astros, an early first-series card. Number 57 also has a look-alike worth knowing: Topps supplied 1968 cards to Milton Bradley for its Win-A-Card board game, and those copies carry bright yellow backs instead of the standard golden-orange, so a yellow-backed Schneider is the scarcer game issue rather than a regular Topps card.
Daniel Louis Schneider, a left-handed pitcher, was born August 29, 1942, in Evansville, Indiana, and was raised in Tucson, Arizona, where he was an All-City and All-State player at Rincon High School, class of 1960. At the University of Arizona he was named a first-team All-American in 1962, and the Milwaukee Braves signed him that June. He reached the majors in May 1963 and pitched for the Braves in 1963, 1964 and 1966, then closed his big-league career with the Houston Astros, his last appearance coming in April 1969. Across five major league seasons he went 2-5 with a 4.71 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 117 games, only eight of them starts. His full professional career, minor league seasons included, ran from 1962 through 1970. He settled back in Tucson as chief financial officer of an insurance and financial services firm, coached and administered youth baseball, and in 1991 headed the community group that brought the Colorado Rockies to town for spring training after the Cleveland Indians pulled out. He entered the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 and the University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 677 | 42 | 257 | 292 | 50 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 39 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #57 card?
It is card #57 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dan Schneider of the Houston Astros.
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.