1969 Topps #448 Bob Tolan
About Bob Tolan
1969 Topps #448, from the fifth print series, depicts Tolan in his first season with the Cincinnati Reds after an offseason trade that sent him and reliever Wayne Granger to Cincinnati for Vada Pinson. Installed as the everyday center fielder, Tolan responded with a .305 average, 21 home runs and 93 RBI, establishing career highs in homers and RBI as he helped lay the groundwork for the Big Red Machine teams to come.
Bobby Tolan broke into the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1965 as a left-handed hitting outfielder, serving as a reserve on the pennant-winning 1967 and 1968 clubs before a trade to Cincinnati sent him to the Reds along with reliever Wayne Granger for Vada Pinson. Handed the everyday center field job, Tolan hit .305 in 1969 and followed with a career year in 1970, batting .316 and leading the National League with 57 stolen bases as the Reds won the pennant. An Achilles injury cost him the 1971 season, but he returned in 1972 to win both the Comeback Player of the Year award and the Hutch Award. Later stops took him to the Padres, Phillies and Pirates before he closed his career with San Diego in 1979. Over 1,282 games he batted .265 with 86 home runs, 497 RBI and 193 stolen bases, and he also played a season in Japan for the Nankai Hawks. He is not a Hall of Famer.
Sources: Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 236 | 3 | 28 | 132 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 #448 card?
It is card #448 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Tolan of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.