1968 Topps #427 Dick Calmus
About Dick Calmus
Card #427 in 1968 Topps' fifth print series shows Calmus with the Chicago Cubs, the club that acquired him from the Dodgers organization after arm trouble in the minors had slowed the promise of his sharp 1963 rookie season. His time in Chicago yielded only a single major league appearance, in 1967, closing out a big league pitching career that finished with a 3-1 record and 3.17 ERA.
Richard Lee Calmus, a right-handed pitcher out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a bonus baby, a rule that kept him on the major league roster straight out of high school rather than in the minors. Standing 6-foot-4, he made his debut in 1963 and turned in a strong rookie season, going 3-1 with a 2.66 ERA across 21 games for a Dodgers pitching staff built around veteran arms. Arm trouble developed in the minors afterward, and he did not pitch in the majors again until a brief 1967 stint with the Chicago Cubs, where he appeared in a single game. His career closed with a 3-1 record and a 3.17 ERA over 22 games. At Tulsa's Webster High School he had been a standout basketball player and won two state baseball titles alongside future big leaguer Carl Morton. He is the uncle of Rocky Calmus, the Butkus Award-winning linebacker.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 353 | 26 | 113 | 165 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 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 #427 card?
It is card #427 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Calmus of the Chicago Cubs.
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.