1968 Topps #248 Fred Valentine
About Fred Valentine
Card #248 in Topps' 1968 series 3 print run, from Valentine's final major league season. He opened 1968 with Washington before being traded back to the Baltimore Orioles for Bruce Howard ahead of the June 15 trade deadline, closing out his seven-year big-league career as a reserve outfielder who batted .214 with 5 home runs in 84 games split between the two clubs.
Fred Valentine was a switch-hitting outfielder from Clarksdale, Mississippi, who starred at Tennessee State before signing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1956. He spent several seasons shuttling between the Orioles and their top farm clubs, appearing briefly in the majors in 1959 and 1963, before Washington purchased his contract that October. He became a regular for the Senators in 1964. His best season came in 1966, when he hit .276 with 16 home runs and 59 RBI while leading the club in runs, hits and doubles as a starting outfielder. He remained a fixture in the Washington outfield through 1967 before being traded back to Baltimore in mid-1968, closing out a seven-year major league career split between the two clubs. Over 533 games he batted .247 with 36 home runs, 138 RBI and 47 stolen bases. After his major league career he played a season in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers before retiring from professional baseball.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 345 | 19 | 104 | 159 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 23 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 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 #248 card?
It is card #248 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Fred Valentine 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.