1968 Topps #508 Duke Sims
Some price guides list this card under the Chicago Cubs, but Sims spent the 1968 season with Cleveland, as the card itself confirms.
About Duke Sims
Sims' 1968 Topps card, #508, is a series-6 issue. Some price guides list the card under the Chicago Cubs, but Sims played the entire 1968 season with Cleveland, as the card itself states. Sims set career highs of 122 games and 429 plate appearances, splitting time as Cleveland's catcher, first baseman, and occasional outfielder, and hitting .249 with 11 home runs and 44 RBI. He was a frequent catcher for Sam McDowell during Cleveland's American League-leading 2.66 ERA season.
Duane "Duke" Sims grew up in Pocatello, Idaho, a three-sport star before signing with Cleveland in 1959. A left-handed hitting catcher with a strong throwing arm, he spent years in the minors sharpening his defense before breaking in with the Indians in September 1964. Sims caught behind Joe Azcue through the mid-1960s, gradually winning more playing time, and by 1969 had taken over as Cleveland's starting catcher. He was often paired with hard-throwing left-hander Sam McDowell. Traded to the Dodgers after the 1970 season, he later played for Detroit and reached the postseason with the 1972 Tigers in their ALCS loss to Oakland. He closed his career with the Yankees and Rangers, finishing with exactly 100 home runs, the most by any Utah-born major leaguer, and is remembered as the last player to homer in the original Yankee Stadium.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 456 | 18 | 146 | 216 | 43 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 25 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 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 #508 card?
It is card #508 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Duke Sims of the Cleveland Indians.
Is 1968 Topps #508 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.