1968 Topps #147 Frank Linzy
About Frank Linzy
Card #147 in Topps' second 1968 series again pictures Linzy with San Francisco. His 1968 season brought a 9-8 record, a 2.09 ERA over 57 relief appearances, and 12 saves as the Giants continued to use him as their go-to reliever in tight games.
Frank Alfred Linzy, born September 15, 1940, in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, pitched eleven big league seasons as a hard-throwing right-handed reliever, almost never starting a game. Debuting with the San Francisco Giants in 1963, he became one of the National League's most trusted firemen, entering games in the seventh or eighth inning just as often as the ninth. His signature stretch came in 1965 and 1966, when he anchored the Giants' bullpen through two tight pennant races, finishing 13th in the 1965 NL Most Valuable Player vote and third for NL Rookie of the Year. Linzy remained with San Francisco through 1970, then closed out his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, and Philadelphia Phillies, retiring after the 1974 season. Over 516 career games he posted a 62-57 record, a 2.85 earned run average, and 111 saves, working almost exclusively in relief. He was never selected to an All-Star team and is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 288 | 12 | 91 | 133 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1968 Topps #147 card?
It is card #147 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Linzy of the San Francisco Giants.
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.