1970 Topps #633 Roger Nelson
About Roger Nelson
Kansas City gave Nelson 29 starts and 193 1/3 innings in 1969, and he went 7-13. He completed eight of those starts, one of them a shutout. At the plate he had 8 hits in 58 at-bats with 3 RBI. His Royals card is #633, a sixth-series issue.
Roger Nelson was a right-handed pitcher who spent parts of nine major league seasons between 1967 and 1976, finishing with a 29-32 record and a 3.06 ERA. Born in Altadena, California, and listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 200 pounds, he signed with the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before the 1963 season and worked four years in the minors before a September 1967 call-up. Traded to the Baltimore Orioles that November in a deal that sent Luis Aparicio to Chicago, Nelson pitched one season in Baltimore before the expansion Kansas City Royals chose him with the first pick of the 1968 AL expansion draft. He pitched for Kansas City from 1969 through 1972, setting career bests in 1972 with 11 wins and 120 strikeouts alongside a 2.08 ERA. He closed that stint with a 4-0 complete-game shutout of the Texas Rangers on October 4, 1972, the final regular-season game played at Municipal Stadium. He pitched for Cincinnati in 1973 and 1974 and returned to the Royals for a brief final season in 1976.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 279 | 6 | 78 | 157 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 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 #633 card?
It is card #633 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roger Nelson of the Kansas City Royals.
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.