1969 Topps #452 Al Ferrara
About Al Ferrara
Selected by the San Diego Padres in the October 1968 expansion draft, Ferrara became one of the original Padres and had one of his best offensive seasons, batting .260 with 14 home runs and 56 RBIs over 138 games. His 1969 Topps card, #452, from the set's fifth print series, is his first as a Padre and exists in two collectible states distinguished by the color of the first-name lettering on the front.
Al Ferrara was a Brooklyn-born outfielder who spent most of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers before finishing up with the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds. A classically trained pianist as a boy, he gave up the keyboard for baseball as a teenager and signed with the Dodgers out of Long Island University. He broke in in 1963 and won a World Series ring that year without appearing in the Series itself, then worked his way into the everyday lineup by 1967, when he hit a career-high 16 home runs and was named Dodger of the Year. An ankle injury suffered chasing a fly ball in 1968 ended his Dodgers tenure, and the Padres took him in the October 1968 expansion draft, where he became one of the original Padres and turned in two of his most productive full seasons at the plate. He retired after 1971 with a .259 career average and later worked in the Dodgers' community relations department.
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Print variations
Two states of #452 are tracked individually: 452a - First Name In Yellow and 452b - First Name In White. The difference is on the front of the card (name color).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry and the Trading Card Database; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 452a - First Name In Yellow | |||||||||
| PSA | 250 | 1 | 25 | 124 | 49 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 452b - First Name In White | |||||||||
| PSA | 168 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 32 | 18 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #452 card?
It is card #452 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Ferrara of the San Diego Padres.
Does 1969 Topps #452 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 452a - First Name In Yellow ("Al" prints in yellow letters on the front - the common state of this fifth-series card) and 452b - First Name In White ("Al" prints in white letters - the scarce state of the pair; white letters are the premium side on all 23 of the set's name-color variations (#440-511)). Owning any one of them fills the #452 slot; the master set counts each state.
How many cards are in the 1969 Topps Baseball set?
664 cards, tracked as 696 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 664 with none skipped and no printed number shared by two cards; 32 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately, 23 of them the yellow- and white-letter name pairs of #440-511.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, 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 2026-10-12.