1967 Topps #169 Horace Clarke
About Horace Clarke
With Bobby Richardson's retirement after 1966, Ralph Houk installed Clarke as the regular second baseman in 1967, a job he would hold every year through 1973. He responded with a typical season for him, batting .272 with 160 hits in 588 at-bats over 143 games and stealing 21 bases. His 1967 Topps card, #169, comes from the set's second print series.
Horace Clarke was a switch-hitting infielder from Frederiksted, St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, one of only a handful of major leaguers to come from the territory. He signed with the Yankees in 1958 and spent seven seasons in the minors, sharpening his game further each winter in the Puerto Rican Winter League. Clarke debuted with New York in May 1965 and by 1967 had taken over as the regular second baseman, a job he held for seven straight years. A durable, contact-oriented leadoff man with a steady glove, he played in more games than any other Virgin Islands native to reach the majors. Clarke came up as the Yankees slid from championship form into a long stretch of losing baseball, and his visibility at the position made him an unfair target for critics during that stretch, even as teammates and beat writers who knew him defended his all-around play. He finished his career with San Diego in 1974.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 339 | 6 | 56 | 162 | 76 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 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. PSA registers a row for every one of the 624 states; SGC lists no separate row for the #149 white-streak state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #169 card?
It is card #169 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Horace Clarke of the New York Yankees.
How many cards are in the 1967 Topps Baseball set?
609 cards, tracked as 624 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 609 without a gap - no number was skipped and none was used twice - and 15 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-12.