1969 Topps #351 Carroll Sembera
About Carroll Sembera
Card #351 pictures Sembera with the expansion Montreal Expos, the club he joined for their inaugural 1969 season after his Houston years. He appeared in 23 games out of the Montreal bullpen, going 0-2 with a 3.55 ERA, and earned the first save in Expos franchise history on opening day. He returned for a brief five-game stint with Montreal in 1970, his last in the majors.
Carroll Sembera was a right-handed relief pitcher from Shiner, Texas who spent five seasons in the majors with the Houston Astros and Montreal Expos. He debuted with Houston in 1965 at age 23 and became a steady bullpen arm, topping out with career highs across the board in 1967: 45 games, 59.2 innings and 15 games finished. After his Astros run ended, he was part of the 1969 Expos' inaugural roster and picked up the first save in franchise history on opening day that season. His final major league appearances came with Montreal in 1970. Over 99 career games he went 3-11 with a 4.70 ERA and six saves, working almost exclusively out of the bullpen. He also saw brief duty as a pinch hitter, collecting two hits in 15 career at-bats. After his playing days, Sembera moved into scouting, working for the Major League Scouting Bureau and later spending eleven years with the Seattle Mariners organization. He died in his hometown of Shiner in 2005 at age 63.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 288 | 9 | 70 | 171 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 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 #351 card?
It is card #351 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Carroll Sembera of the Montreal Expos.
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.