1969 Topps #115 Bill Hands
About Bill Hands
Card #115, from series 2, arrives in the year of Hands' career-best season with the Cubs. He went 20-14 with a 2.49 ERA, striking out 181 batters while completing 18 of his 41 starts, including three shutouts, and throwing 300 innings, pitching alongside Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins in a Chicago rotation built around the two veteran right-handers.
Bill Hands was a right-handed pitcher who spent eleven seasons in the majors from 1965 to 1975, most of them as a workhorse starter for the Chicago Cubs. A New Jersey native who pitched college ball at Fairleigh Dickinson and Ohio Wesleyan, he signed with the San Francisco Giants and debuted with them in 1965. After that season he was dealt to the Cubs along with catcher Randy Hundley for outfielder Don Landrum and reliever Lindy McDaniel, a trade that came to be viewed as one of the best in Cubs history. Hands anchored Chicago's rotation for seven years alongside Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins, topping out in 1969 with a 20-14 record, a 2.49 ERA and 300 innings pitched. Jenkins later described him as an even-tempered competitor with a good sinking fastball and sharp slider who did his job without complaint on a team full of stars. Hands closed his career with the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers, finishing 111-110 with a 3.35 ERA over 374 games.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 246 | 2 | 37 | 134 | 45 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #115 card?
It is card #115 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Hands of the Chicago Cubs.
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.