1968 Topps #442 Dick Bosman
About Dick Bosman
1968 was Bosman's first full major-league season: 46 appearances including 10 starts, a 2-9 record but a respectable 3.69 ERA under new manager Jim Lemon, who replaced Gil Hodges, and one of only two big-league starters that year with double-digit starts and no complete games. This card is 1968 Topps #442 with the Washington Senators, issued in the set's fifth print series.
Richard Allen Bosman was a right-handed pitcher who spent eight seasons with the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers before finishing his career with Cleveland and Oakland. Signed by Pittsburgh in 1963, he was later drafted by the Senators and debuted in the majors on June 1, 1966. Bosman broke through in 1969 under new manager Ted Williams, going 14-5 and leading the American League with a 2.19 ERA as Washington posted its first winning season in franchise history. He won a career-high 16 games in 1970 and started both the final game for the Senators and the first game for the Rangers after the 1972 move to Texas. On July 19, 1974, pitching for Cleveland, he no-hit the defending World Series champion Oakland Athletics, missing a perfect game only because of his own fielding error. He closed his playing days with Oakland in 1975-76, then spent decades as a respected pitching coach for the White Sox, Orioles, Rangers and Rays organizations.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 238 | 8 | 57 | 108 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 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 #442 card?
It is card #442 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Bosman of the Washington Senators.
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.