1968 Topps #497 St. Louis Cardinals
Hall of Famers on the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals roster: Lou Brock, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Bob Gibson and Red Schoendienst.
About this card
Only thirteen team cards were issued in 1968; the Red Sox, Cubs, Indians, Astros, Yankees, Giants and Senators have none. #554 is the first Oakland Athletics team card - the A's moved from Kansas City for 1968.
The story on this card
Card 497, from the sixth print series, is the St. Louis Cardinals team card, reporting a dominant 1967 season: a 101-60 record and the National League pennant by 10.5 games over San Francisco, followed by a seven-game World Series win over Boston. Orlando Cepeda was the unanimous NL MVP, batting .325 with 25 home runs and 111 RBIs. Bob Gibson missed nearly a third of the season with a broken leg suffered on a Roberto Clemente line drive, then returned to throw three complete games in the Series, posting a 1.00 ERA with 26 strikeouts. Lou Brock, Steve Carlton, and Red Schoendienst, the club's manager, round out the Hall of Fame presence on the 1967 club, capping a championship year for the team Cepeda nicknamed El Birdos.
Sources: Wikipedia (1967 World Series) · Wikipedia (1967 St. Louis Cardinals season)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 402 | 18 | 83 | 149 | 77 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 1 |
| SGC | 45 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 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 #497 card?
It is card #497 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing the St. Louis Cardinals. Only thirteen team cards were issued in 1968; the Red Sox, Cubs, Indians, Astros, Yankees, Giants and Senators have none. #554 is the first Oakland Athletics team card - the A's moved from Kansas City for 1968.
Is 1968 Topps #497 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 2026-10-12.