1969 Topps #3 American League 1968 RBI Leaders - Ken Harrelson / Frank Howard / Jim Northrup
On this card: Ken Harrelson, Frank Howard, Jim Northrup
About this card
Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset: six categories from the 1968 season - batting average, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching (wins) and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and the top three men on each card (#9 names four, after a tie for third in American League wins).
The story on this card
1969 Topps #3 recaps the 1968 American League RBI race, naming the three men who drove in the most runs that season. Ken Harrelson topped the league with 109 RBI for the Boston Red Sox, his career-best year at the plate, edging Frank Howard of the Washington Senators, who drove in 106 while also pacing the league in home runs and slugging. Jim Northrup of the Detroit Tigers rounded out the trio with 90 RBI, third in the league, as he helped power Detroit to the World Series title that October. The card puts a pennant-race power hitter, an emerging Senators slugger, and a champion Tiger side by side on one board, with each man's club shown beneath his name.
Ken Harrelson - nine-season first baseman/outfielder nicknamed "Hawk," who led the American League in RBI in 1968 with Boston after a headline-making split from Kansas City owner Charlie Finley; later a long-running White Sox broadcaster and early popularizer of the batting glove. Frank Howard - the 6-foot-7 "Capital Punisher": 1960 NL Rookie of the Year with the Dodgers, then the Washington Senators' one-man box office, twice an American League home run champion and a four-time All-Star. Jim Northrup - Detroit Tigers outfielder whose bat powered the 1968 World Series title, capped by a Game 7 triple off Bob Gibson and five grand slams that season.
Sources: Wikipedia (Ken Harrelson) · Wikipedia (Frank Howard) · Wikipedia (Jim Northrup) · SABR BioProject (Ken Harrelson) · SABR BioProject (Frank Howard) · Baseball Almanac (Frank Howard)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 486 | 4 | 103 | 222 | 76 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 1 |
| SGC | 28 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 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.
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More Boston Red Sox cards:
- #1 American League 1968 Batting Leaders
- #5 American League 1968 Home Run Leaders
- #21 Jose Santiago
- #52 Mike Andrews
- #89 Russ Gibson
- #109 Jim Lonborg
More Washington Senators cards:
- #5 American League 1968 Home Run Leaders
- #27 Bernie Allen
- #48 Brant Alyea
- #84 Bob Humphreys
- #106 Jim Hannan
- #132 Dave Baldwin
More Detroit Tigers cards:
- #5 American League 1968 Home Run Leaders
- #9 American League 1968 Pitching Leaders
- #11 American League 1968 Strikeout Leaders
- #13 Mickey Stanley
- #40 Mayo Smith
- #80 Norm Cash
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #3 card?
It is card #3 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Harrelson, Frank Howard and Jim Northrup. Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset: six categories from the 1968 season - batting average, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching (wins) and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and the top three men on each card (#9 names four, after a tie for third in American League wins).
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.