1968 Topps #385 Jim Hunter
The front prints his name as JIM HUNTER; he threw his perfect game during the 1968 season this card was issued.
About Jim Hunter
Number 385 is a fifth-series card and the first to show Hunter as an Oakland Athletic after the move west. His rookie card came in 1965. The back covers 1967: a 13-17 record with a 2.81 ERA over 259.2 innings, plus 196 strikeouts, the highest single-season total he ever posted, and a second straight All-Star selection.
James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter was a right-handed pitcher who spent 1965-1974 with the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics and 1975-1979 with the New York Yankees, going 224-166 with a 3.26 ERA and 2,012 strikeouts. Owner Charlie Finley signed him out of Perquimans County High School in Hertford, North Carolina, on June 8, 1964, months after a hunting accident cost him a toe; Finley hung the nickname "Catfish" on him during a phone call at the time of that signing. Apart from a fall instructional-league stint, Hunter never pitched in the minor leagues, and he debuted for Kansas City in May 1965 at 19. He anchored Oakland's three straight World Series titles from 1972 through 1974, won 20 or more games in five consecutive seasons from 1971 through 1975, and took the 1974 American League Cy Young Award after going 25-12 with a league-best 2.49 ERA. On May 8, 1968, he threw a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins. After Finley breached his contract, an arbitrator declared him a free agent in December 1974; his five-year Yankees deal made him baseball's first big-money free agent, and New York won the World Series in 1977 and 1978. Arm trouble ended his career after 1979. He entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987 and died of ALS in 1999.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 970 | 13 | 159 | 289 | 169 | 144 | 85 | 108 | 3 |
| SGC | 200 | 5 | 28 | 46 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 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 #385 card?
It is card #385 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Hunter of the Oakland Athletics.
Is #385 Catfish Hunter?
Yes. The front prints "JIM HUNTER" and the checklist keeps the card's name, with Catfish Hunter as the alias.
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.