1968 Topps #254 Cleon Jones
About Cleon Jones
By his 1968 Topps #254, from the third series, Jones had become the Mets' regular left fielder alongside center fielder and childhood friend Tommie Agee. He opened the season in a platoon with Art Shamsky but caught fire in June, finishing at .297 over 147 games, sixth-best in the National League that year.
Cleon Joseph Jones, born August 4, 1942 in Plateau, a section of Mobile, Alabama, signed with the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in July 1962 after standout ball at Alabama A&M and with the Grambling State Tigers. A left-handed-throwing right-handed hitter with strong outfield range, he spent thirteen major league seasons, twelve of them with the Mets, before finishing his career with the Chicago White Sox in 1976. Jones anchored the Mets outfield through the franchise's rise from losing club to 1969 World Series champion, earning an All-Star selection that season while hitting a team-record .340. He remained a steady Mets regular into the mid-1970s, closing out a career line of a .281 batting average with 93 home runs and 524 RBIs. After retiring as a player, Jones returned to the Mets organization as a minor-league hitting instructor, helping develop future major leaguers. He was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1991 and later into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 337 | 14 | 64 | 164 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
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. Slabs of the yellow team-letter #49 and #66 are 1968 Milton Bradley game cards and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1968 Topps #254 card?
It is card #254 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Cleon Jones of the New York Mets.
How many cards are in the 1968 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 606 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 without a gap and no printed number carries two different cards; eight cards - six of the seven checklists, #10 AL Pitching Leaders and #400 Mike McCormick - carry a catalogued print variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, Baseball Almanac, Beckett, 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.