1968 Topps #573 Joe Coleman
About Joe Coleman
Coleman logged a full workload for Washington in 1968, going 12-16 with a 3.27 ERA and a dozen complete games across 33 starts. His solo 1968 Topps card, #573, fell in the seventh and final print series, making it a high number within the set.
Joe Coleman was a hard-throwing right-hander who became the first-ever amateur draft pick to reach the majors, debuting with the Washington Senators in September 1965 less than four months after high school. He anchored the Senators' rotation through the late 1960s before a 1970 trade sent him to Detroit, where he had the best stretch of his career: a 20-win, 236-strikeout season in 1971, a 19-win 1972 campaign that included an American League All-Star selection, and a career-high 23 wins in 1973. Coleman also threw a complete-game shutout in the 1972 ALCS, setting a series strikeout record. Later stops included the Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates before he retired in 1979 with a 142-135 record and 1,728 strikeouts across fifteen major league seasons. His father and son were also major league pitchers, making the Colemans the first three-generation pitching family in the sport.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 385 | 26 | 124 | 169 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 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 #573 card?
It is card #573 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Coleman of the Washington Senators.
Is 1968 Topps #573 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.