1969 Topps #608 Dick Simpson
About Dick Simpson
Card #608, a high-numbered series-7 issue, is Simpson's final Topps card, pictured as a Yankee after Houston traded him there for pitcher Dooley Womack on December 4, 1968. It reports his 1968 season split between two clubs: 26 games and 3 home runs with the Cardinals, then 59 more games and 3 more home runs with the Astros after a June trade. By the time the late-series card reached collectors, New York had already flipped him to the expansion Seattle Pilots for Jose Vidal, closing out his last big-league season.
Richard Charles Simpson, a 6-foot-4 outfielder born July 28, 1943, in Washington, D.C., signed with the Los Angeles Angels as a free agent out of Venice High School in 1961 and debuted in the majors on September 21, 1962, at age 19, pinch-hitting a single off Cleveland's Mudcat Grant. After three seasons with the Angels, he was traded to Baltimore for Norm Siebern in December 1965, then included a week later, with pitchers Milt Pappas and Jack Baldschun, in the trade that sent Frank Robinson from the Reds to the Orioles; Robinson's 1966 Triple Crown and World Series title for Baltimore made it one of baseball's most one-sided deals. Simpson played two seasons for the Reds, then bounced through the Cardinals, Astros, Yankees and Seattle Pilots in 1968 and 1969, closing a seven-season career with a .207 average, 15 home runs and 56 RBI in 288 games, without an All-Star or World Series appearance. He is the father of Colton Simpson, co-author of the memoir Inside the Crips.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 376 | 7 | 94 | 196 | 52 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 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 #608 card?
It is card #608 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Simpson of the New York Yankees.
Why is #608 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last print series, #589-664 - the scarce end of the set.
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.