1964 Topps #269 Ellis Burton
About Ellis Burton
By the time card 269 reached third-series packs, the regular job Burton won the previous summer was gone. He got into only 42 games in 1964, batting .190 in 105 at-bats and spending most of the year back in the minors. Both of his home runs that season came on one afternoon: September 7 at Wrigley Field, in the opener of a doubleheader against Milwaukee, he went deep off Hank Fischer in the fifth and Wade Blasingame in the eighth and drove in four. The Cubs lost anyway, 10-9. It was the second time he had homered from both sides of the plate in one game, matched only by Mickey Mantle and Jim Russell to that point and a first for a Cub.
Ellis Narrington Burton, a switch-hitting outfielder born August 12, 1936 in Los Angeles, signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Jordan High School in Watts in 1955 and spent most of the next eight years in the minors, passing through the Pirates, Orioles, Cardinals, Braves and Cleveland farm systems. He got a late-season look with the St. Louis Cardinals in September 1958 and a second brief turn in 1960, then built the bulk of his professional record down below: an eleven-year minor league career from 1955 through 1965 covering 1,213 games at four levels, with a .274 average and 169 home runs. His major league total came to 215 games across five seasons with the Cardinals, Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs, a .216 average with 17 home runs, 59 RBI and 79 runs scored. He had speed and a good glove but never made enough contact, striking out 117 times in 556 big league at-bats. Released after the 1965 season, he went home to California and became a bank manager. He died October 1, 2013 in Fontana, California, at 77.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac · Retrosheet
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 244 | 0 | 34 | 115 | 67 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Shop 1964 Topps cards Live auctions Buy It Now on eBay Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
Team card: #237 Chicago Cubs
More Chicago Cubs cards:
- #1 1963 National League E.R.A. Leaders
- #29 Lou Brock
- #55 Ernie Banks
- #78 Merritt Ranew
- #96 Bob Buhl
- #111 Don Elston
- #131 Steve Boros
- #175 Billy Williams
- #192 Cubs 1964 Rookie Stars
- #220 Dick Ellsworth
- #252 Ken Aspromonte
- #286 Don Landrum
- #309 Paul Toth
- #336 Andre Rodgers
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #269 card?
It is card #269 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ellis Burton of the Chicago Cubs.
How many cards are in the 1964 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 589 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 587 with no gaps, and no number carries two different cards; two cards - #4, the A.L. Pitching Leaders, and #517, the seventh-series checklist - carry a catalogued back variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-11.