1968 Topps #459 Dick Simpson
About Dick Simpson
Card #459, a series-6 issue, pictures Simpson as a Cardinal after Cincinnati traded him to St. Louis for Alex Johnson on January 11, 1968, and reports his 1967 season with the Reds: 44 games, a .259 average, 1 home run and 6 RBI. St. Louis moved him again before the June 15 trade deadline, sending him with Hal Gilson to Houston for Ron Davis, so by the time collectors pulled the card he was already playing for a third organization in five months.
Richard Charles Simpson, a 6-foot-4 outfielder born July 28, 1943, in Washington, D.C., signed with the Los Angeles Angels as a free agent out of Venice High School in 1961 and debuted in the majors on September 21, 1962, at age 19, pinch-hitting a single off Cleveland's Mudcat Grant. After three seasons with the Angels, he was traded to Baltimore for Norm Siebern in December 1965, then included a week later, with pitchers Milt Pappas and Jack Baldschun, in the trade that sent Frank Robinson from the Reds to the Orioles; Robinson's 1966 Triple Crown and World Series title for Baltimore made it one of baseball's most one-sided deals. Simpson played two seasons for the Reds, then bounced through the Cardinals, Astros, Yankees and Seattle Pilots in 1968 and 1969, closing a seven-season career with a .207 average, 15 home runs and 56 RBI in 288 games, without an All-Star or World Series appearance. He is the father of Colton Simpson, co-author of the memoir Inside the Crips.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 525 | 21 | 290 | 182 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 31 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #459 card?
It is card #459 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Simpson of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Is 1968 Topps #459 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.