1970 Topps #68 1969 American League ERA Leaders - Dick Bosman / Jim Palmer / Mike Cuellar
On this card: Dick Bosman, Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar
About this card
Cards #61-72 are the League Leaders subset: the 1969 batting, RBI, home run, ERA, pitching and strikeout leaders, National League on the odd numbers and American League on the even, with three players to a card on ten of them, four on #69 and six on #70.
The story on this card
Three pitchers sit atop the 1969 American League ERA board on card #68, in the League Leaders subset of the first series. Dick Bosman of the Washington Senators won the title at 2.19, going 14-5 over 193 innings. Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles was second at 2.34 despite six weeks on the disabled list with a torn back muscle; he threw a no-hitter against Oakland on August 13. Mike Cuellar, also of the Orioles, was third at 2.38 with a 23-11 record, and he shared the Cy Young Award with Denny McLain. Baltimore won 109 games and the first AL East title.
Dick Bosman - a right-hander who led the AL in ERA in 1969 and no-hit the world champion A's in 1974, missing a perfect game only on his own throwing error. Jim Palmer was Baltimore's ace right-hander, a three-time Cy Young winner and four-time Gold Glover who worked on three World Series champions, beat Sandy Koufax in Koufax's final appearance, and reached the Hall of Fame in 1990. Mike Cuellar - Cuban left-hander who spent years in the minors before a screwball turned his career around in 1964, then won 20 or more games four times for Baltimore, shared the 1969 Cy Young Award and helped the Orioles win the 1970 World Series.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dick Bosman) · Wikipedia (Jim Palmer) · Wikipedia (Mike Cuellar) · SABR BioProject (Dick Bosman) · SABR BioProject (Jim Palmer) · SABR BioProject (Mike Cuellar) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 374 | 4 | 33 | 169 | 74 | 35 | 29 | 29 | 1 |
| SGC | 35 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. 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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Team cards: #676 Washington Senators, #387 Baltimore Orioles
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- #70 1969 American League Pitching Leaders
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1970 Topps #68 card?
It is card #68 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Bosman, Jim Palmer and Mike Cuellar. Cards #61-72 are the League Leaders subset: the 1969 batting, RBI, home run, ERA, pitching and strikeout leaders, National League on the odd numbers and American League on the even, with three players to a card on ten of them, four on #69 and six on #70.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-25.