1968 Topps #285 Dick McAuliffe
About Dick McAuliffe
The 1968 Topps #285 is a fourth-series card. It reflects 1967, McAuliffe's first year working second base, and the most patient season he ever had: 105 walks, third in the American League, feeding a .364 on-base percentage to go with 22 home runs, 65 runs batted in and 92 runs scored. He grounded into only two double plays all year, and the second one ended everything - a 4-6-3 ball against the California Angels on the last day that left Detroit a game short of the Red Sox in a four-team race.
Richard John McAuliffe was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on November 29, 1939, and grew up in the village of Unionville. Tigers scout Lew Cassell signed him out of Farmington High School after the Class of 1957 graduated, and four minor league seasons later he reached Detroit in September 1960. A left-handed hitter, he held his hands cocked high and opened his front foot toward the pitcher, stepping back toward a conventional stance only as the ball came in. He became the Tigers' regular shortstop in 1963 and held the job through 1966, moved to second base in 1967 so Ray Oyler could take over at short, and was still there when Detroit won the 1968 World Series. Over sixteen seasons - fourteen with the Tigers, two with Boston after an October 1973 trade for outfielder Ben Oglivie - he batted .247 with 197 home runs, 697 runs batted in, 888 runs scored and 882 walks. He managed Boston's Double-A Bristol club in 1975 before a late recall ended his playing days that September. He later ran baseball schools and a coin-operated laundry repair business, and died in Farmington, Connecticut, on May 13, 2016.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 518 | 11 | 108 | 232 | 82 | 48 | 19 | 18 | 0 |
| SGC | 28 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 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 #285 card?
It is card #285 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick McAuliffe of the Detroit Tigers.
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.