1969 Topps

Trivia

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  

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