1968 Topps #493 Jim McGlothlin
About Jim McGlothlin
In 1968 McGlothlin started 32 of his 40 appearances for the Angels, going 10-15 with a respectable 3.54 ERA a year after his lone All-Star season. He logged 208.1 innings, the most he had worked in a season to that point, and struck out 135 batters. This card is 1968 Topps #493, from the sixth print series, showing him with the California Angels.
Jim McGlothlin was a right-handed pitcher who spent nine seasons in the majors, five with the California Angels and four with the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. Born in Los Angeles, he signed with the Angels out of Reseda High School and worked his way up through the minors, debuting in September 1965. He made the American League All-Star team in 1967, tying for the league lead with six shutouts and posting a career-best 2.96 ERA. Traded to Cincinnati after the 1969 season, he won a career-high 14 games for the pennant-winning 1970 Big Red Machine and started a game in that year's World Series. He also pitched for Cincinnati's 1972 National League champions, starting a World Series game against Oakland. He finished his career 67-77 with a 3.61 ERA over 256 games. McGlothlin died of leukemia in 1975 at age 32, just over two years after his final major league appearance.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 575 | 43 | 267 | 220 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 29 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 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 #493 card?
It is card #493 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim McGlothlin of the California Angels.
Is 1968 Topps #493 a scarce card?
It is from the sixth print series (cards 458-533). Together with series 7 it forms the #458-598 block that hobby sources price at a modest premium; several catalogs call these cards high numbers outright.
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.