1968 Topps #143 Pete Cimino
Also appeared, with a yellow-tinged back, in the 1968 Milton Bradley Win-A-Card board game.
About Pete Cimino
Cimino opened 1968 with the Angels but appeared in only four games, going 0-0 with a 2.57 ERA over 7.0 innings before he was sold to the Seattle Angels of the Pacific Coast League that May, ending his major league career. His 1968 Topps card, #143, comes from the set's second print series. The same design, printed with a yellow-tinged back, was also used for the 1968 Milton Bradley Win-A-Card board game.
Pete Cimino was a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher who reached the majors with the Minnesota Twins and California Angels from 1965 through 1968. A Philadelphia native, he first drew national notice as a Bristol High School senior in January 1960, scoring 114 points in a single basketball game, still a Pennsylvania state record. The Washington Senators signed him that year for a bonus, and the Twins organization developed him through the minors, where he once struck out 20 batters in a Carolina League game. Cimino debuted with Minnesota in September 1965 and became a bullpen fixture in 1966. That December he was traded to the Angels in a multi-player deal that sent Dean Chance to the Twins. He pitched two more seasons for California before leaving the majors in 1968. Across four seasons he went 5-8 with a 3.07 ERA in 86 games. He is not a Hall of Famer.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 232 | 2 | 32 | 128 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 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 #143 card?
It is card #143 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pete Cimino of the California Angels.
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.