1968 Topps #77 Don Wilson
A look-alike of this card was distributed with the 1968 Milton Bradley board game Win-A-Card, printed with a yellow-tinged card back.
About Don Wilson
In 1968 Wilson went 13-16 with a 3.28 ERA for the Astros, working 33 games (30 starts) and 208.2 innings with 175 strikeouts. On July 14 he set the club's single-game strikeout record with 18 against Cincinnati at Crosley Field. This card is card #77 in Topps' 1968 set, series 1, a recognized rookie card for Wilson, who by then had already thrown a no-hitter the year before.
Don Wilson was a hard-throwing right-hander who spent his entire nine-year career with the Houston Astros from 1966 to 1974. A Compton, California product signed out of junior college, he threw two no-hitters, including a 1969 gem against Cincinnati that came one day after the Reds had no-hit Houston, making it only the second time in major league history that two teams traded no-hitters on consecutive days. His first no-hitter, in 1967 at the Astrodome, was the first ever thrown in a domed stadium and ended with a strikeout of Hank Aaron. Wilson made his lone All-Star team in 1971, a career year in which he posted a 2.45 ERA and was named Astros MVP. He finished with 104 wins, a 3.15 ERA and 1,283 strikeouts over 266 games. Wilson died in January 1975 at age 29 in a carbon monoxide accident at his Houston home.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 285 | 4 | 85 | 127 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 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 #77 card?
It is card #77 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Wilson of the Houston Astros.
Is 1968 Topps #77 a rookie card?
Yes - #77 is the 1968 Topps rookie card of Don Wilson.
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.