1968 Topps #80 Rod Carew
Rod Carew second-year card with the Topps All-Star Rookie trophy. A look-alike from the 1968 Milton Bradley Win-A-Card game has a yellow-tinged back.
About Rod Carew
Topps rewarded Carew's rookie season with two 1968 cards. His base card, #80 in the first series, is his second-year card and carries the trophy Topps placed on cards of its 1967 All-Star Rookie team. Collectors should not confuse it with the look-alike from the 1968 Milton Bradley Win-A-Card game, which has a yellow-tinged back. His second card is #363 in the fourth series, a Sporting News All-Star card whose back is one piece of a jigsaw puzzle. On the field Carew batted .273 over 127 games while earning his second All-Star selection.
Rod Carew was born October 1, 1945, on a train in Gatun, in the Panama Canal Zone, and moved to New York City's Washington Heights as a teenager. Discovered playing sandlot ball for the Bronx Cavaliers, he signed with the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1964 and reached the majors in 1967, hitting .292 at second base to win the American League Rookie of the Year award. Carew made 18 straight All-Star teams from 1967 through 1984, starring for the Twins through 1978 and the California Angels from 1979 to 1985, and won seven AL batting titles, second only to Ty Cobb in league history. His finest season came in 1977, when he was hitting above .400 into July before finishing at .388 with a career-high 239 hits, winning the AL Most Valuable Player award and the Roberto Clemente Award; in 2016 the American League batting title was renamed in his honor. On August 4, 1985, Carew singled off Frank Viola for his 3,000th hit, and he retired with a .328 average and 3,053 hits. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, his first year of eligibility, and later coached for the Angels and the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 4,055 | 12 | 118 | 500 | 629 | 789 | 634 | 1,356 | 17 |
| SGC | 1,312 | 1 | 10 | 71 | 164 | 268 | 271 | 467 | 60 |
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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Related cards
More Rod Carew in this set: #363 Sporting News All-Stars
Team card: #137 Minnesota Twins
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #4 American League 1967 RBI Leaders
- #6 American League 1967 Home Run Leaders
- #10 American League 1967 Pitching Leaders
- #12 American League 1967 Strikeout Leaders
- #28 Ted Uhlaender
- #44 Frank Kostro
- #64 Jim Merritt
- #91 Jim Ollom
- #111 Rich Reese
- #165 Tony Oliva
- #181 Jerry Zimmerman
- #206 Cal Ermer
- #220 Harmon Killebrew
- #243 Rich Rollins
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1968 Topps #80 card?
It is card #80 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins.
Is #80 Rod Carew's rookie card?
No. #80 is Carew's second-year card, wearing the Topps All-Star Rookie trophy.
What are the key cards in the 1968 Topps set?
#177 Mets Rookie Stars - the Nolan Ryan and Jerry Koosman rookie card - is the grail of the set, with #247 Reds Rookie Stars (the Johnny Bench rookie) and #280 Mickey Mantle beside it. #50 Willie Mays, #110 Hank Aaron, #150 Bob Clemente, #230 Pete Rose, #45 Tom Seaver and #80 Rod Carew (second-year cards wearing the All-Star Rookie trophy), the #480 Manager's Dream combo of Tony Oliva, Chico Cardenas and Bob Clemente, and the #490 Super Stars combo of Killebrew, Mays and Mantle round out the major cards; #250 Carl Yastrzemski (his solo card the year after his 1967 Triple Crown) and #330 Roger Maris (his last Topps card as an active player) are star cards. Scarcity is mild: the sixth and seventh series (#458-598) carry only a modest premium.
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.