1969 Topps #571 Cap Peterson
About Cap Peterson
Card #571 is a sixth-series card from Topps. It is Peterson's final Topps card, picturing him with the Cleveland Indians in what proved to be his last major-league season. With Cleveland he was reunited with former Giants manager Alvin Dark, serving as a reserve outfielder and pinch-hitter in 76 games before his eight-season big-league career came to a close.
Charles Andrew "Cap" Peterson, nicknamed from the initials of his own name, was an outfielder from Tacoma, Washington, who broke in with the San Francisco Giants in September 1962 after a huge Double-A season at El Paso, where he hit .335 with 29 home runs. He split time in left and right field for the Giants through 1966 but never won a full-time job, and in December of that year he was part of the multi-player trade that sent Mike McCormick to San Francisco and brought Peterson to the Washington Senators. He posted his career high in games played with the 1967 Senators, then closed out his playing days with the Cleveland Indians in 1969, reunited there with former Giants manager Alvin Dark as a reserve outfielder and pinch-hitter. Over eight big-league seasons he batted .230 with 269 hits in 536 games. After baseball he ran his family's construction business back home in Tacoma, where he died in 1980 at age 37 following a long illness.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 343 | 8 | 107 | 182 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 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 #571 card?
It is card #571 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Cap Peterson of the Cleveland Indians.
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.