1969 Topps

Total Cards: 664

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1969 Topps

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• 1st set to include Kansas City Royals and Montreal Expos cards.
• 1st of two sets to include Seattle Pilots cards although only year of team's existence.
• Last player card for Mickey Mantle included in this set.
• 1st year of San Diego Padres cards.
• Wax packs were $0.05 for 5 cards.
• $0.10 wax packs containing 10 cards were also made available for the first time.
• Rack packs contained three 10-card packs for $0.29.
• Because players had been instructed by their association officials to not pose for Topps photographers in 1968, there are dozens of photos that are either repeats of previous years or that were taken several years earlier.
• Features the rookie cards for Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, Bobby Cox, and Earl Weaver.
  
  664 card set was the largest card set in the history of the sport at that time.
  
  Featured Nolan Ryan's first single player Topps card.
  
  No team card subset for the first time in the decade.
• #7 American League 1968 ERA Leaders (Luis Tiant / Sam McDowell / Dave McNally) - UER: Dave McNally misspelled "McNalley" on back
• #38 Zoilo Versalles - 1968 Stat line should say N. L. for the league.
  Card say Born 1940, should be 1939
• #39 Dick Hughes - UER: NL ROY in cartoon on back refers to the Sporting News' Rookie Pitcher of the Year award
• #50 Bob Clemente - Clemente's name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
• #50 Bob Clemente - UER: "Bats: R" on the second line of the bio is a duplicate. This should have been "Throws: R".
• #51 Woody Fryman - Picture used was from his Pittsburgh Pirates years
• #88 Rich Nye - UER: Major League Totals ERA should read "3.37"
• #92 Jack Billingham - UER: 1968 and Totals ERA should read "2.14"
• #111 Johnny Morris - UER: 2nd line should read "Drafted from..."
• #184 Roberto Pena - UER: Born should read "4/17/37"
• #187 Leon Wagner - UER: cartoon should read, "sold by Chicago to..."
• #193 Don Cardwell - UER: "Philadeldphia" as team in 1957 in stats on back
• #207 Roy Face - UER: Write-up on back mentions "806th game", should be "802nd game"
• #209 Larry Haney - UER: Reversed image
• #224 Angels 1969 Rookie Stars (Bill Harrelson / Steve Kealey) - UER: Harrelson's 2nd sentence should read "...for the Angels in 1969"
• #224 Angels 1969 Rookie Stars (Bill Harrelson / Steve Kealey) - UER: Harrelson's 2nd sentence should read "...for the Angels in 1968"
  
• #227 Frank Johnson - UER: cartoon should read "...positions for the Giants"
• #230 Rusty Staub - UER: 1966 Team should read "Houston"
• #249 Ed Spiezio - UER: The write-up on the back says Spiezio was selected in the expansion draft by San Diego, but they actually traded for him.
• #267 Vicente Romo - UER: Born on "4/12/44", should be "4/12/43"
• #267 Vicente Romo - UER: back should read "Born: 4/12/44"
• #278 Gary Geiger - UER: Bats: should read "L"
• #289 Bart Shirley - UER: 1966 Los Angeles batting average (AVG.) listed as .000, should be .200
• #319 Ken McMullen - UER: Stats headings are for pitching, rather than hitting.
• #348 Steve Hargan - UER: 1963 SO should read "72"; BB should read "15"
• #376 Royals 1969 Rookie Stars (Mike Fiore / Jim Rooker) - UER: Rooker's 2nd line should read "26 year old lefthander"
• #395 Chris Short - UER: League for Indianapolis should be A.A. for 1960 in stats on back
• #399 Bob Bailey - UER: The write-up on the back says Bailey was selected in the expansion draft by Montreal, but his contract was actually purchased.
• #463 Dennis Ribant - Card #463 - Dennis Ribant is in a Royal uniform even though he never made it to Opening Day as a Royal. Time as Royal 12/15/68 - 3/29/69.
• #500 Mickey Mantle - UER: Copyright missing on back
• #500 Mickey Mantle - UER: Copyright missing on back
• #512 Cleon Jones - UER: Cartoon should read "...scored 17 touchdowns..."
• #551 Wayne Granger - UER: last line should read "...pennant winning Cards."
• #560 Luis Tiant - UER: Totals PCT (Percentage) should read ".600"
• #563 Marty Pattin - UER: Last sentence should begin "In '68, he snared..."
• #566 Ron Hansen - UER: cartoon should read "...re-acquired by the White Sox last Summer."
• #578 Don Bosch - UER: The write-up on the back says Bosch was selected in the expansion draft by Montreal, but his contract was actually purchased.
• #582 7th Series Check List: 589-664 - UER: #596 listed as a second #595 listing
• #582 7th Series Check List: 589-664 - UER: #596 listed as a second #595 listing
• #603 Joe Keough - UER: Bats/Throws should read "Left"
• #610 Jim Hardin - UER: Major League Totals should read "2 Yrs."