1968 Topps #575 Jim Palmer
A seventh-series high number from the 1968 set.
About Jim Palmer
Card #575 sits in the seventh and final series of the 1968 set, the high-number run that closes the checklist, and it stands for a season Palmer never spent in Baltimore. He had felt arm soreness during the 1966 World Series; his shoulder stiffened during a one-hitter at Yankee Stadium in May 1967, and 1968 brought only ten minor league starts, 0-2 in 37 innings. Baltimore waived him that September, and the two new American League clubs passed on him in the expansion draft that fall.
James Alvin Palmer pitched all 19 of his major league seasons with the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1967, 1969-1984), reaching the majors at 19 and finishing as the winningest pitcher of the 1970s with 186 wins. A right-hander whose best pitch was a high fastball, he worked on three World Series champions (1966, 1970, 1983) and six American League pennant winners, and he is the only pitcher to win a World Series game in three different decades. His Game Two shutout of Los Angeles in the 1966 Series, thrown nine days before his 21st birthday, made him the youngest man to pitch a complete-game shutout in a Series and sent Sandy Koufax off in his final appearance. Palmer won three Cy Young Awards (1973, 1975, 1976), four straight Gold Gloves (1976-1979), two ERA titles and six All-Star selections, and he won 20 or more games eight times, finishing 268-152 with a 2.86 ERA, 211 complete games and 53 shutouts. Arm trouble cost him most of 1967 and all of 1968, but he came back in 1969 with the only no-hitter of his career. Teammates called him Cakes for the pancakes he ate on the mornings he pitched. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990, his first year of eligibility.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,985 | 22 | 156 | 538 | 426 | 335 | 206 | 302 | 0 |
| SGC | 420 | 1 | 20 | 70 | 94 | 85 | 71 | 77 | 2 |
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 #575 card?
It is card #575 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles.
Is 1968 Topps #575 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #534-598, by the checklist-card division. The last two series together (#458-598) carry only a modest premium; no short-print list exists.
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.