1968 Topps #30 Joe Torre
About Joe Torre
The 1967 line behind it breaks cleanly in two: Torre was batting .302 with 17 home runs on August 20, then hit .213 with three more over his last 40 games to close at .277 with 20 home runs and 68 RBI. He still started the All-Star Game for the fourth year running behind the plate. Atlanta had re-acquired Bob Uecker that June, handing Torre back the catcher he had come up with at Louisville in 1961 and a roommate for the Atlanta nights.
Joseph Paul Torre Jr., born July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, was signed off the city's sandlots by the Milwaukee Braves in 1959, following his older brother Frank into the organization. He reached the majors on September 25, 1960 and spent nine seasons with the Braves in Milwaukee and Atlanta, catching, hitting, and making the National League All-Star team five years running from 1963 through 1967. Six seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals followed, and once they moved him out from behind the plate he put together the year of his life: in 1971 he led the major leagues in batting at .363, in hits with 230 and in runs batted in with 137, and was named National League Most Valuable Player. Torre finished 18 seasons with a .297 average, 2,342 hits, 252 home runs and 1,185 RBI, the last of them taken as player-manager of the New York Mets in 1977. He then managed for 29 seasons, winning four World Series titles with the New York Yankees between 1996 and 2000 and retiring fifth all-time with 2,326 wins, the only man to collect 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manager. The Expansion Era Committee elected him unanimously to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 642 | 7 | 70 | 203 | 116 | 98 | 60 | 88 | 0 |
| SGC | 93 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 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 #30 card?
It is card #30 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Torre of the Atlanta Braves.
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.