1968 Topps #546 Roy White
About Roy White
1968 was the year White finally won a full-time job, taking over as the Yankees' everyday left fielder by the end of May after opening the season as a pinch hitter and defensive replacement. On August 13, manager Ralph Houk moved him into the cleanup spot, shifting Mickey Mantle to third in the order. White responded with a .267 average, 17 home runs, and a team-leading 62 RBI, a season strong enough to place him 12th in that year's AL MVP voting. His 1968 Topps #546, from the seventh series, is a high number.
Roy White was a switch-hitting outfielder who spent his entire 15-year major league career with the New York Yankees, from 1965 through 1979. Signed out of Compton, California, he broke in as a September call-up in 1965 and by 1968 had claimed the everyday left field job, even hitting cleanup behind Mickey Mantle late that season. White made the American League All-Star team in 1969 and 1970, led the league in walks in 1972 and in runs scored in 1976, and set an AL record with 17 sacrifice flies in 1971. A steady, versatile presence through the club's lean late-1960s years, he stayed long enough to help anchor the Yankees' return to prominence, playing on three straight pennant winners from 1976 to 1978 and winning back-to-back World Series titles in 1977 and 1978. He finished with a .271 career batting average, 160 home runs, and 233 stolen bases, and later coached for the Yankees.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 502 | 12 | 114 | 277 | 54 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 39 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #546 card?
It is card #546 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roy White of the New York Yankees.
Is 1968 Topps #546 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.