1968 Topps #509 Dennis Higgins
About Dennis Higgins
Card #509, from the sixth print series, pictures Higgins with the Washington Senators following his February 1968 trade from Chicago. That season he set a career high with 59 relief appearances and 99 2/3 innings, won four games, saved 13, and posted a 3.25 ERA to lead the Senators in saves.
Dennis Dean Higgins was a right-handed relief pitcher from Jefferson City, Missouri, who signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1958 and spent eight full seasons in their farm system before finally reaching the majors in 1966 at age 26. He built a reputation as a durable bullpen arm, leading the Washington Senators in saves in both 1968 and 1969 and later leading the Cleveland Indians in both games pitched and saves during his lone season there in 1970. His best year came in 1969, when he set career highs with ten wins and sixteen saves pitching for first-year Washington manager Ted Williams. A multiplayer trade in February 1968 sent him from Chicago to Washington, and another multiplayer deal in December 1969 sent him on to Cleveland. He closed out his career with brief stints in the St. Louis Cardinals organization in 1971 and 1972. Over seven big-league seasons he compiled a 22-23 record with a 3.42 ERA and 46 saves in 241 appearances, almost all in relief.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 444 | 16 | 183 | 192 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 #509 card?
It is card #509 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dennis Higgins of the Washington Senators.
Is 1968 Topps #509 a scarce card?
It is from the sixth print series (cards 458-533). Together with series 7 it forms the #458-598 block that hobby sources price at a modest premium; several catalogs call these cards high numbers outright.
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.