1968 Topps

Number of Cards

The 1968 Topps set was made up of 598 cards with 35 Cubs and one variation.

Size of Cards

Standard size cards, which measure 2½” by 3½”.

Basic Features

The front of these cards features a color portrait of the player with rounded corner borders. The background appears to be a burlap-cloth pattern outside the border. At the bottom of the card, you can see the players' names. Players' teams and positions can be found at the bottom of the card, inside a colored circle. Similar to 1966, the backs are vertical and have the usual statistics, biography, and cartoon.

Subsets include

• Statistical Leaders (LL)
• Checklist cards (CL)
• Multiplayer cards (MP)
• World Series Highlights (WS)
• Rookie cards and the return of All Star cards (AS)

Released in 7 series

• Series 1 (1-109)
• Series 2 (110-196)
• Series 3 (197-283)
• Series 4 (284-370)
• Series 5 (371-457)
• Series 6 (458-533)
• Series 7 (534-598)
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Short Prints

The high number series (498-598) is slightly more difficult and expensive to collect.

Errors + Variations

• 356- Ken Holtzman
• A- Head centered in circle
• B- Hat touching top of circle

Number	Player
5	NL Home Run Leaders
9	NL Pitching Leaders
11	NL Strikeout Leaders
13	Chuck Hartenstein RC
37	Billy Williams
60	Ken Holtzman
83	John Stephenson
101	Glenn Beckert
119	Ted Savage
136	Randy Hundley
159	Don Kessinger
179	Bill Stoneman RC
184	Lou Johnson
202	Adolfo Phillips
219	Rob Gardner
235	Ron Santo
258	Rookie Stars
279	Bill Hands
296	Byron Browne
321	Leo Durocher MG
329	Duane Josephson
339	Rich Nye
355	Ernie Banks
356A	Checklist 5/centered
356B	Checklist 5/shifted right
366	Ron Santo AS
380	Ken Holtzman AS
382	Ramon Hernandez
410	Ferguson Jenkins
427	Dick Calmus
451	Al Spangler
475	Joe Niekro
506	Clarence Jones RC
508	Duke Sims
516	Pete Mikkelsen
542	John Boccabella
561	Lee Elia
591	Dick Nen

Topps Action All Star Stickers

Sold in long strips about 15 3/4" tall, 3 1/4" the set comprise of sixteen numbered
stickers and three-paneled stickers

Topps Giant Stand Ups

There are 24 oversized Stand-Ups in the set at 3 1/8" x 5 1/4"

Topps Game Card Inserts

Topps Game Card inserts set consist of 33 cards that measure 2 1/4" x 3 1/4"

Topps Plaks

The Plak measures about 1 1/4" at his widest and 2 1/4" at his tallest and about 1/8" of an inch thick. The two checklists are about 4 inches tall and printed on cardboard. There is one for each league

Topps Poster Inserts

Topps issued a set of 24 Posters these posters could only be purchased in packs The posters measure 9 3/4" x 18 1/8" because they were folded the posters will have a number crease folds and rips.