1962 Topps #469 Luis Aparicio
About this card
Cards #466-475 are the ten American League All-Stars, printed in the sixth series.
About Luis Aparicio
Two cards again: the series-4 base card #325 and #469 from the American League All-Star subset, a sixth-series card. Both stat lines report 1961, when Aparicio hit .272 with 170 hits, 90 runs and 53 stolen bases, his sixth consecutive American League steals crown, while turning 86 double plays at shortstop for a fourth-place Chicago club.
Luis Ernesto Aparicio Montiel was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, the son of a celebrated Venezuelan shortstop, and was signed by White Sox general manager Frank Lane on the recommendation of countryman Chico Carrasquel. Two seasons in the minor leagues followed, and in 1956 he took over Carrasquel's shortstop job in Chicago and won the American League Rookie of the Year, the first Latin American player so honored, after leading the league with 21 stolen bases. With second baseman Nellie Fox he formed one of the game's great double-play combinations, sparking the 1959 Go-Go White Sox to their first pennant in 40 years while finishing second to Fox in the MVP vote. He led the American League in stolen bases in each of his first nine seasons, three more in a row than any other player in either league has managed, and won nine Gold Gloves at shortstop. Traded to Baltimore before the 1963 season, he helped the Orioles win the 1966 World Series before returning to Chicago and finishing with the Boston Red Sox. Picked for ten All-Star teams, he retired in 1973 with 2,677 hits, 506 stolen bases and major-league fielding records for a shortstop. In 1984, on his sixth turn on the ballot, he became the first Venezuelan elected to the Hall of Fame.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · National Baseball Hall of Fame
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 494 | 0 | 12 | 156 | 170 | 98 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| SGC | 58 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 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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Related cards
More Luis Aparicio in this set: #325
Team card: #113 Chicago White Sox Team
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #8 Ray Herbert
- #73 Nellie Fox
- #91 J.C. Martin
- #116 Herb Score
- #161 Frank Baumann
- #178 Camilo Carreon
- #195 Joe Cunningham
- #214 Dom Zanni
- #255 Juan Pizarro
- #283 Charlie Smith
- #286 Al Lopez
- #325 Luis Aparicio
- #341 Mike Hershberger
- #363 Bob Roselli
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #469 card?
It is card #469 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Luis Aparicio of the Chicago White Sox. Cards #466-475 are the ten American League All-Stars, printed in the sixth 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.