1968 Topps #394 Tommie Aaron
About Tommie Aaron
Card 394 is a fifth-series number in the 1968 set, a plain-numbered card. It marks Aaron's return to the majors after two seasons away, the second of which he spent winning International League Most Valuable Player honors at Richmond. Back with the Braves, now in Atlanta, he put together his second-busiest year: 98 games, 283 at-bats, 69 hits, a .244 average and 25 RBI. His glove moved around more than the first baseman label suggests - he started 51 games in left field and appeared in 62 there, against 28 at first base and one at third.
Tommie Lee Aaron was born August 5, 1939, in Mobile, Alabama, and signed with the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent on May 28, 1958, at eighteen. A right-handed hitter and thrower who split his time between first base and left field, he was the younger brother of Hank Aaron; their 768 combined home runs remain the major-league record for a pair of brothers, though Hank hit 755 of them. Tommie reached the majors on April 10, 1962, and spent the next decade shuttling between the Braves and the minors, winning International League Most Valuable Player honors with Richmond in 1967. Over seven big-league seasons he batted .229 with 13 home runs, 94 RBI and 102 runs in 437 games, and drew praise for his glove work at first base, where he finished at .990. He managed in the Braves farm system through the 1970s, joined the Atlanta coaching staff in 1979, and was still on it when he died of leukemia in Atlanta on August 16, 1984, eleven days past his 45th birthday. Richmond later named its team MVP award for him, and the franchise's Triple-A club, now the Gwinnett Stripers, retired his number 23.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 438 | 18 | 162 | 179 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 34 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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. 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 #394 card?
It is card #394 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tommie Aaron of the Atlanta Braves.
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.