1968 Topps #426 Hank Allen
About Hank Allen
Allen split 1968 between the outfield and third base for the Senators, playing 25 games in the outfield and 16 at third, and spent part of the year in the minor leagues. In 68 big-league games he hit .219 with 1 home run, 9 RBI and 16 runs scored. His 1968 Topps card, #426, pictures him with Washington and comes from the fifth series.
Hank Allen, born Harold Andrew Allen in Wampum, Pennsylvania, in 1940, was a right-handed hitting outfielder who also filled in at third base, second base and first base, and even made one appearance as a catcher, across seven major league seasons with the Washington Senators, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox. He was the elder brother of Dick Allen and Ron Allen, and as of 2006 the three brothers ranked 11th on the all-time list of brother home run combinations with 358. Like both brothers, Hank signed first with the Philadelphia Phillies; after five seasons in their farm system his contract was sold to Washington in January 1965. He reached the majors in September 1966 and hit .387 in that first look, but he never won a regular job. His best season came in 1969, with career highs in average, runs, hits and RBI, and in 1972 and 1973 he was Dick's teammate on the White Sox. He finished at .241 with 6 home runs, 57 RBI and 104 runs in 389 games. Afterward Allen trained and owned Thoroughbreds in Maryland, and in 1989 he became the first African-American trainer in seventy-eight years to saddle a Kentucky Derby starter. He later scouted for the Houston Astros and died in 2024.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 352 | 13 | 143 | 143 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 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 #426 card?
It is card #426 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hank Allen 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.