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
Chicago Cubs 1968 Topps Checklist
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 516 | Pete Mikkelsen | |
| 542 | John Boccabella | |
| 561 | Lee Elia | |
| 591 | Dick Nen |
Topps Game Card Inserts
Topps Game Card inserts set consist of 33 cards that measure 2 1/4" x 3 1/4"
