1971 Topps #168 Bruce Dal Canton
About Bruce Dal Canton
Card #168, from the second series, still shows Bruce Dal Canton with Pittsburgh after his 1970 of 9-4 and a 4.57 ERA in 41 games. On December 2, 1970, the Pirates traded him, Freddie Patek and Jerry May to Kansas City for Jackie Hernandez, Bob Johnson and Jim Campanis. With the Royals in 1971 he went 8-6 with a 3.44 ERA and started 22 games.
Bruce Dal Canton was a right-handed pitcher who reached the majors an unusual way, signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of an open tryout while he was teaching high school in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. He debuted with the Pirates in 1967 and pitched eleven big league seasons for Pittsburgh, the Kansas City Royals, the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago White Sox, finishing with a 51-49 record and a 3.67 ERA over 316 games. He threw a knuckleball that Wilbur Wood helped him develop, and he led the American League in wild pitches in 1974. After retiring as a player, Dal Canton spent decades as a pitching coach in the Atlanta Braves organization, including a stint as the club's major league pitching coach and many years developing arms in the minor leagues. He died in 2008 in Pittsburgh at age 67. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and the California University of Pennsylvania Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 415 | 1 | 20 | 219 | 128 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 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 1971 Topps #168 card?
It is card #168 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bruce Dal Canton of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), 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.