1968 Topps #484 Phil Roof
About Phil Roof
The Athletics' first year in Oakland was Roof's shortest as a regular: a torn muscle in his left shoulder early in 1968 held him to 34 games, only 32 of them behind the plate, and he hit .188 with one home run and two RBI. Topps #484 comes from the sixth series, and it is the first Roof card to read Oakland rather than Kansas City.
Phil Roof was a defense-first catcher whose glove and throwing arm kept him in the majors for 15 seasons while his bat rarely did. Born in Paducah, Kentucky on March 5, 1941, he signed with the Milwaukee Braves in 1959 out of St. Mary High School and debuted at 20, catching the ninth inning of an April 29, 1961 loss to the Giants without ever getting to hit. Two one-game looks with the Braves and a trade to the Los Angeles Angels left him a spare part; only a winter-meetings deal after the 1965 season, moving him from Cleveland to the Kansas City Athletics, finally gave him a regular job. He caught for that franchise through its move to Oakland, then worked for Milwaukee, Minnesota, Chicago and Toronto, becoming the first player the expansion Blue Jays ever acquired. He retired in 1977 with a .215 average, 43 home runs and 210 RBI across 857 games, but also a .986 fielding mark and real arm strength: in 1974 he threw out 48.8 percent of would-be base stealers, second among American League catchers. He later coached in four big-league bullpens and managed 16 years in the Twins chain, winning his 1,000th game as a manager in 2004.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 598 | 32 | 269 | 228 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 24 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 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 #484 card?
It is card #484 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Phil Roof of the Oakland Athletics.
Is 1968 Topps #484 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 2026-10-13.