1968 Topps #131 Frank Bertaina
About Frank Bertaina
Traded from Baltimore to Washington in 1967, Bertaina logged his heaviest workload in 1968, making 23 starts for the Senators and finishing 7-13 with a 4.66 ERA over 127 1/3 innings. His 1968 Topps card, #131, pictures him with Washington during that workhorse campaign.
A left-handed pitcher from San Francisco, Frank Bertaina signed with the Orioles out of Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep, where he had led the team to back-to-back city titles. He worked his way up through Baltimore's system under manager Earl Weaver, topping the International League in strikeouts with Rochester in 1965. Bertaina reached the majors in August 1964 and pitched seven big-league seasons for the Orioles, Senators and Cardinals through 1970, working mostly as a starter. He was on Baltimore's roster for the 1966 World Series sweep of the Dodgers but did not appear in the Series. A May 1967 trade sent him to Washington along with Mike Epstein in exchange for Pete Richert; he returned to the Orioles briefly in 1969 before finishing his career with St. Louis in 1970. After baseball he co-founded a fishing-focused travel agency and ran a fishing lodge in Northern California.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 285 | 4 | 75 | 144 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 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.
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Shop 1968 Topps cards Live auctions Buy It Now on eBay Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
More Washington Senators cards:
- #6 American League 1967 Home Run Leaders
- #31 Ed Stroud
- #49 Ed Brinkman
- #66 Casey Cox
- #96 Senators 1968 Rookie Stars
- #116 Ken McMullen
- #149 Bob Saverine
- #188 Cap Peterson
- #209 Tim Cullen
- #231 Dave Baldwin
- #248 Fred Valentine
- #268 Bob Humphreys
- #291 Dick Lines
- #320 Frank Howard
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1968 Topps #131 card?
It is card #131 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Bertaina 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.