1968 Topps #170 Jim Fregosi
About Jim Fregosi
Fregosi hit .244 in the year of the pitcher, when the whole American League batted .230, and he led the league with 13 triples. On May 20 he hit for the cycle a second time, out of order against the Red Sox: home run in the first, triple in the third, double in the eighth, and a walk-off single in the eleventh. Two cards carry him this year. Number 170, from the second series, is his regular issue. Number 367, from the fourth series, is his card in the Sporting News All-Star subset, built from that paper's 1967 picks; the backs of those twenty cards join to form two pictures.
Jim Fregosi was born in San Francisco on April 4, 1942 and won 11 varsity letters at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo before signing with the Boston Red Sox for a $20,000 bonus. Left unprotected after one Class-D season, he was taken 35th overall by the expansion Los Angeles Angels in the December 1960 expansion draft and debuted with them in September 1961. Fregosi became the young franchise's first star at shortstop, making six All-Star teams, winning a Gold Glove and leading the American League in triples across an eleven-year run with the Angels. On December 10, 1971 he was traded to the New York Mets in the four-player deal that sent Nolan Ryan to California, and he later played for the Texas Rangers and Pittsburgh Pirates before retiring in 1978 with 1,726 hits. He managed the Angels, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays, guiding the 1979 Angels to their first postseason and the 1993 Phillies to a National League pennant. The Angels retired his number 11 and placed him in the club's own Angels Hall of Fame. He died in 2014.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 314 | 9 | 88 | 141 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 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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Related cards
More Jim Fregosi in this set: #367 Sporting News All-Stars
Team card: #252 California Angels
More California Angels cards:
- #24 Bobby Locke
- #52 Hawk Taylor
- #75 Don Mincher
- #102 Jose Cardenal
- #121 Jimmie Hall
- #143 Pete Cimino
- #193 Jack Hamilton
- #216 Bubba Morton
- #238 Tom Satriano
- #271 Bobby Knoop
- #289 Woody Held
- #305 Minnie Rojas
- #328 Angels 1968 Rookie Stars
- #347 George Brunet
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1968 Topps #170 card?
It is card #170 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Fregosi of the California Angels.
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.