1970 Topps #613 Dave Baldwin
About Dave Baldwin
Baldwin once closed out a Senators game with a scoreless ninth inning, and a quizzical President Richard Nixon came down to the dugout and asked who he was. "I'm the pitcher who throws funny," Baldwin answered. Card #613 is a sixth-series number with a Seattle Pilots team line, though he pitched for Milwaukee in 1970.
Dave Baldwin was a submarine and side-arm relief pitcher for the Washington Senators, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox from 1966 to 1973. Born in Tucson, Arizona, he was a hard-throwing prospect at the University of Arizona until an elbow injury in 1958 forced him to rebuild his mechanics from the ground up. He lowered his arm angle to a side-arm fastball and a sweeping submarine curveball, an approach most organizations of the era discouraged, and it carried him to the majors at age 28. Senators manager Gil Hodges favored low-slot arms and gave Baldwin his chance in September 1966. Over six big-league seasons he went 6-11 with 22 saves in 176 games. His career ERA was 3.08, including 1.70 in 1967. He never committed an error in the majors. After retiring in 1974 he earned a doctorate in genetics and an M.S. in systems engineering from the University of Arizona, later working as a geneticist and engineer and becoming a published poet and painter.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 307 | 9 | 104 | 166 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1970 Topps #613 card?
It is card #613 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Baldwin of the Seattle Pilots.
Why does this card say Seattle Pilots?
Because the card prints the Seattle Pilots, and it is correct as printed: the franchise played the 1970 season as the Milwaukee Brewers, but thirty 1970 Topps cards print the Pilots - the #713 team card, #556 Dave Bristol's manager card, the #88 Pilots Rookie Stars and twenty-seven player cards. 1970 Topps is the second and last Topps flagship set with Seattle Pilots cards.
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.