1969 Topps #226 Bruce Howard
About Bruce Howard
Howard's 1969 Topps card, #226 from the third series, shows him with the Washington Senators, the club that had acquired him from Baltimore the previous June in a trade for outfielder Fred Valentine. The back reported his 1968 season split between the Orioles and Senators, a combined 1-6 record with a 4.74 ERA over 23 appearances and 79.2 innings. It proved to be his last Topps card; his final major league appearance came in September 1968.
Bruce Ernest Howard, a right-handed pitcher born in Salisbury, Maryland, reached the majors with the Chicago White Sox in September 1963 after his amateur days at Villanova University. Over six seasons with the White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators, he compiled a 26-31 record with a 3.18 ERA in 120 appearances, striking out 349 batters across 528 and two-thirds innings, with seven complete games, four shutouts and one save. In 1966, his only winning season as a full-time member of the rotation, he went 9-5 with a 2.30 ERA for Chicago. The White Sox traded him to Baltimore along with Don Buford and Roger Nelson in November 1967, in the deal that brought Luis Aparicio back to Chicago; the Orioles later sent him to Washington for Fred Valentine in June 1968. Howard batted from both sides while throwing right-handed. He was never selected to an All-Star team and is not enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. His son, David Howard, also played in the major leagues.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 158 | 2 | 19 | 82 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #226 card?
It is card #226 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bruce Howard of the Washington Senators.
How many cards are in the 1969 Topps Baseball set?
664 cards, tracked as 696 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 664 with none skipped and no printed number shared by two cards; 32 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately, 23 of them the yellow- and white-letter name pairs of #440-511.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, 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.