1968 Topps #130 Tony Perez
About Tony Perez
Card #130 falls in the second series of 1968, reporting the season that made Perez a star. Shifted to third base in 1967 to open first base for Lee May, he batted .290 with 26 home runs and 102 runs batted in and made his first All-Star team. He entered that game late and homered off Catfish Hunter in the fifteenth inning to decide a 2-1 National League win, taking its Most Valuable Player award.
Tony Perez, born Atanasio Perez Rigal in 1942 in Cuba's Camaguey province, grew up working beside his father in a sugar mill and playing shortstop for the factory team. Cincinnati signed him in 1960 for no bonus beyond a plane ticket and a $2.50 exit visa. Erratic throwing pushed him off third base in the minors, and he was a first baseman when he won the Pacific Coast League's Most Valuable Player award at Triple-A San Diego in 1964. Moved back to third base in 1967 to make room for Lee May, he became the run producer at the center of the Big Red Machine, driving in 90 or more runs in eleven straight seasons and averaging better than 100 a year from 1970 through 1976. Teammates called him Big Dog. A seven-time All-Star, he hit the two-run homer off Bill Lee that began Cincinnati's comeback in Game Seven of the 1975 World Series, and won a second title in 1976. He moved on to Montreal, Boston and Philadelphia before closing his career with three more Cincinnati seasons through 1986: 2,732 hits, 379 home runs, 1,652 runs batted in. He later managed the Reds and the Marlins, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 911 | 3 | 48 | 248 | 222 | 140 | 101 | 149 | 0 |
| SGC | 183 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 44 | 39 | 42 | 2 |
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 #130 card?
It is card #130 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tony Perez of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.