1965 Topps #369 Phil Linz
About Phil Linz
Card #369, a series-5 base issue at shortstop, reports the best year Linz had: 112 games and a career-high 417 plate appearances in 1964, 55 games at short and 41 at third, batting .250 with five home runs and 25 RBI. That October he played all seven World Series games at short for the injured Tony Kubek, homering off Barney Schultz in Game Two and Bob Gibson in Game Seven. The next February the Yankees gave him a $20,000 contract and quietly handed back Berra's $200 fine.
Philip Francis Linz was born June 4, 1939, in Baltimore, Maryland, a Calvert Hall College High School product who spent five years in the Yankees' farm system, batting .304 with fifteen home runs mostly at shortstop, reaching the majors in 1962. Across seven seasons he was a utility infielder for the Yankees (1962-1965), Philadelphia Phillies (1966-1967) and New York Mets (1967-1968), covering shortstop, second, third and the outfield well enough to earn the nickname 'Supersub.' His lasting fame traces to a team bus in Chicago on August 20, 1964, where his harmonica rendition of 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' set off manager Yogi Berra; the harmonica came loose and cut Joe Pepitone's knee, and the episode convinced the Yankees' front office that Berra had lost the clubhouse, costing him his job at season's end despite an American League pennant. Linz retired in 1968 with a .235 average, 11 home runs and 96 RBI over 519 games, and died December 9, 2020, in Leesburg, Virginia.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 276 | 4 | 18 | 120 | 71 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 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. The two checklist variations, #79 and #508, are listed under the wording PSA uses for each state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #369 card?
It is card #369 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Phil Linz of the New York Yankees.
How many cards are in the 1965 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 600 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no printed-number collisions, and two checklist cards - #79 and #508 - carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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.