1969 Topps #423 Bert Campaneris
About this card
Cards #416-435 are the twenty Sporting News All-Stars, ten from each league - a catcher, the four infielders, three outfielders and two pitchers - with the National and American League picks alternating from #416; the run straddles the fourth and fifth series, and the backs assemble into two puzzle photos.
About Bert Campaneris
Three 1969 Topps cards carry Campaneris with Oakland: #423 in the fourth series from the Sporting News All-Star subset, #495 in the fifth series, and #556 in the sixth, a card he shares with teammates Sal Bando and Danny Cater. Between June 10 and June 21 he stole a base in twelve consecutive games, a major league record that still stands. He finished with 62 steals, though his four-year run as league leader ended when Seattle's Tommy Harper took 73. A fractured right index finger, suffered on a relay throw at second base on July 3, kept him out until July 25. He hit .260 for a club that went 88-74, nine games behind Minnesota.
Dagoberto Campaneris was born in Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba, on March 9, 1942, and drew major league attention in 1961 while playing for Cuba's national team. Kansas City scout Felix Delgado signed him to a contract carrying a $1,000 bonus payable only if he stayed with the organization for 60 days. He reached the Athletics on July 23, 1964, hitting a home run off Jim Kaat on the first pitch thrown to him and another in the seventh inning, joining the short list of players with two home runs in a debut game. Listed at 5-foot-10 and 160 pounds, he built his game on speed and range, led the American League in stolen bases six times, and finished with 649 steals. He was a six-time All-Star and the leadoff man for Oakland's three straight World Series winners from 1972 through 1974. Nineteen seasons ended with stops in Texas, California and New York, and he retired after 1983 with 2,249 hits, 79 home runs and a .259 average. He still holds Athletics franchise records at shortstop, and the club inducted him into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019. He is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 299 | 7 | 47 | 139 | 60 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 2 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 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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Related cards
More Bert Campaneris in this set: #495, #556 A's Stars
More Oakland Athletics cards:
- #1 American League 1968 Batting Leaders
- #23 Lew Krausse
- #44 Danny Cater
- #68 Dave Duncan
- #105 Rick Monday
- #124 Hank Bauer
- #143 Joe Nossek
- #195 John Odom
- #217 John Donaldson
- #235 Jim Hunter
- #260 Reggie Jackson
- #281 Ted Kubiak
- #302 Jim Pagliaroni
- #334 Phil Roof
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #423 card?
It is card #423 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bert Campaneris of the Oakland Athletics. Cards #416-435 are the twenty Sporting News All-Stars, ten from each league - a catcher, the four infielders, three outfielders and two pitchers - with the National and American League picks alternating from #416; the run straddles the fourth and fifth series, and the backs assemble into two puzzle photos.
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.