1962 Topps #569 Ed Sadowski
About Ed Sadowski
The seventh series put Sadowski at #569, a short-printed high number from the toughest stretch of the set. By then he had slipped to third on the Angels' catching depth chart behind Earl Averill and 23-year-old Buck Rodgers, with the club pushing younger players into the lineup. He got into only 27 games, caught just 18 of them, and spent much of the rest of his time pinch-hitting and pinch-running, batting .200 with one home run.
Ed Sadowski was a right-handed-hitting catcher from the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh who reached the major leagues in 1960 with the Boston Red Sox. Over five seasons through 1966 he served as a backup for the Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Atlanta Braves, appearing in 217 games with a .202 batting average, 12 home runs and 39 RBI. Taken by the expansion Angels in the December 1960 draft, he spent three seasons in Los Angeles behind Earl Averill and then Buck Rodgers, then closed out his playing days with the Braves in their first Atlanta season, a run that put him on the field in both the Angels' first season and the Braves' first season in Georgia. He was the last Red Sox player to wear uniform number 8 before it was issued to rookie Carl Yastrzemski in 1961. Sadowski was the oldest of three baseball-playing brothers; Bob and Ted Sadowski both pitched in the majors. Afterward he coached, worked as a roving pitching instructor and managed in the Montreal Expos system, then taught physical education at Catholic schools in Orange County, California, where he died in 1993 at 62 after a long fight with ALS.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 267 | 0 | 9 | 107 | 84 | 40 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #569 card?
It is card #569 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Sadowski of the Los Angeles Angels.
Why is #569 harder to find?
It is a high number card (cards 523-598) from the seventh print series, distributed last and in the smallest quantity - the toughest cards in the set and home to all 42 short prints and the Rookie Parade. It is also a short print card (42 cards, all in 523-598). Printed in smaller quantity than the rest of the seventh series.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-03.