1968 Topps #349 Ed Spiezio
About Ed Spiezio
Card 349, from the fourth series, reflects Spiezio's diminished role on the Cardinals' second straight pennant-winning club, a season in which he played just 29 games between third base and the outfield while battling for at-bats. He appeared once in the World Series that fall, singling as a pinch-hitter in Game Four of the Cardinals' seven-game loss to Detroit. That December, the Cardinals traded him to the expansion San Diego Padres.
Ed Spiezio broke in with the St. Louis Cardinals as a pinch-hitter in July 1964 and spent five seasons fighting for playing time behind a crowded third-base picture, riding the bench on three pennant winners and two World Series champions along the way. A Joliet, Illinois native who set hitting records at Lewis College before signing with St. Louis, he finally became an everyday player after the Cardinals sent him to the expansion San Diego Padres, where he delivered the new franchise's first hit, home run and run in its 1969 opener. Spiezio anchored third base for the Padres into the early 1970s before finishing his nine-year career with the Chicago White Sox in 1972. Over 554 games he hit .238 with 39 home runs. An accomplished accordion player who entertained teammates on the road, he later became the father of major leaguer Scott Spiezio.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 309 | 7 | 81 | 154 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 #349 card?
It is card #349 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Spiezio of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.