1970 Topps #97 Joe Moeller
About Joe Moeller
Card #97, a first-series issue, pictures Moeller with the Dodgers. In 1969 he appeared in 23 games, four of them starts, and pitched 51 1/3 innings. He went 1-0 with a 3.33 ERA and 25 strikeouts. That season opened his longest continuous run in the majors, 1969 through 1971, almost all of it in relief, and the expansion Montreal Expos showed interest without making a commitment.
Joe Moeller was a right-handed pitcher who spent his entire major-league career, 1962 through 1971, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The club signed him out of Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach in June 1960, after his father negotiated a combined $100,000 bonus for Joe and his brother Gary with owner Walter O'Malley; Joe's share was around $75,000. At 6-foot-5 he drew comparisons to Don Drysdale for his build and pitching style. Injury kept undoing him: arm trouble, a separated and then dislocated left shoulder, back and groin problems, and an estimated 60 cortisone shots in fewer than 600 big-league innings. Two seasons, 1963 and 1965, brought him no major-league work at all. He finished 26-36 with a 4.01 ERA and 307 strikeouts across eight seasons. After earning a physical education degree in 1977, he coached for Cleveland and at USC, worked in the Dodgers' public affairs bureau from 1988 to 1999, and scouted for the Montreal Expos and Florida Marlins.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 125 | 0 | 17 | 70 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 #97 card?
It is card #97 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Moeller of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.