1968 Topps #291 Dick Lines
About Dick Lines
Lines never played in 1968, but Topps issued him a card anyway: #291 in the fourth series, again showing him with Washington and carrying his 1967 numbers on the back. He had already appeared on cardboard the year before. The card closed out his run on Topps checklists, arriving after his final major league appearance that October.
Richard George Lines, born August 17, 1938 in Montreal, Quebec, emigrated to the United States as an infant and grew up in Midlothian, Virginia, graduating from Manchester High School. The left-handed pitcher, listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 175 pounds, signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization before the 1957 season and spent eight years starting in the minor leagues before the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League converted him to relief work in 1965. That December, while working for a meat distributor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Lines fractured his big toe when he dropped 30 pounds of frozen spare ribs on his left foot, but he recovered in time to make the Washington Senators out of spring training in 1966. He pitched two full seasons in relief for Washington, appearing in 107 games without ever starting, and closed out his major league career with a 7-7 record, six saves, a 2.83 ERA and 103 strikeouts in 168 2/3 innings. He was never selected to an All-Star team and is not a Hall of Famer.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 280 | 6 | 69 | 150 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 #291 card?
It is card #291 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Lines 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.