1968 Topps #408 Steve Carlton
About Steve Carlton
Card #408 sits in the fifth print series. Behind it is Carlton's breakout 1967, when he went 14-9 with a 2.98 ERA and 11 complete games over 28 starts for a Cardinals club that won the National League pennant. On September 20 he struck out 16 Phillies in a complete game and still lost 3-1. In the World Series he drew the Game 5 start against Boston and gave up three hits and one unearned run over six innings in a 3-1 defeat, but St. Louis closed out the Red Sox in seven games for his first ring.
Steve Carlton, the left-hander everyone in the game called Lefty, pitched 24 major league seasons from 1965 through 1988 for the Cardinals, Phillies, Giants, White Sox, Indians and Twins after signing with St. Louis in 1963 for a $5,000 bonus while he was attending Miami Dade College. A salary fight with owner Gussie Busch sent him to Philadelphia for Rick Wise in February 1972, and he answered with one of the great individual seasons in the game's history: 27-10, a 1.97 ERA, 310 strikeouts and 30 complete games for a Phillies club that won only 59 games all year. That season brought a pitching Triple Crown and the first of his four Cy Young Awards, in 1972, 1977, 1980 and 1982, making him the first pitcher to win four. He was a ten-time All-Star, took a Gold Glove in 1981, and won World Series rings with the 1967 Cardinals and the 1980 Phillies, going 2-0 with 17 strikeouts against Kansas City in that 1980 Series. He retired with 329 wins, a 3.22 ERA and 4,136 strikeouts, the second-most of any left-hander, and the Hall of Fame elected him in 1994, his first year on the ballot.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,436 | 25 | 240 | 568 | 446 | 421 | 260 | 468 | 8 |
| SGC | 632 | 5 | 37 | 95 | 99 | 115 | 143 | 130 | 8 |
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 #408 card?
It is card #408 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Steve Carlton of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.