1969 Topps #289 Bart Shirley
About Bart Shirley
1969 Topps #289, issued in the set's third print series, shows Shirley back with the Los Angeles Dodgers after his stint with the Mets. The card reflects his 1968 season, in which he played 39 games for Los Angeles, splitting time between shortstop and second base while hitting .181 with four RBI and six runs scored.
Barton Arvin Shirley, born January 4, 1940 in Corpus Christi, Texas, was an infielder who played four major league seasons, 1964 and 1966 through 1968, for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. Listed at 5 feet 10, 183 pounds, he batted and threw right-handed. Across 75 games he hit .204 with 33 hits, no home runs, 11 RBI and 15 runs, appearing at shortstop, second base and third base as a reserve infielder. After his major league career he played two seasons in Japan with the Chunichi Dragons, 1971 and 1972, before returning to the Dodgers organization to manage in the Class-A minor leagues from 1973 to 1975. He was not selected to an All-Star team, won no major awards, appeared in no postseason games, and was never inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Shirley died in his hometown of Corpus Christi on November 19, 2025, at age 85.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 214 | 6 | 43 | 106 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #289 card?
It is card #289 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bart Shirley of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.