1969 Topps #395 Chris Short
About Chris Short
A back injury cut Short's 1969 season down to just two games, a sharp drop from the workhorse innings he had logged over the previous five seasons, and the injury would continue to affect him in the years that followed. This card, #395 in the fourth print series, shows him with the Phillies, the only club he had played for to that point in his career.
Chris Short was a hard-throwing left-hander who spent nearly his entire fifteen-year career with the Philadelphia Phillies, debuting in 1959 and pitching through 1972 before finishing up with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1973. A native of Milford, Delaware, the six-foot-four southpaw struggled with control early on before blossoming into one of the National League's top pitchers from 1964 through 1968, averaging better than 250 innings and 17 wins a season during that stretch. His best year came in 1964, when he went 17-9 with a career-best 2.20 ERA, though the Phillies' historic late-season collapse overshadowed the individual performance. He won 20 games in 1966 and finished his career with 135 wins, a 3.43 ERA, and 1,629 strikeouts. A two-time All-Star, Short was known in the clubhouse by the nickname "Styles." He died in 1991 and is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, though he was later inducted into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 252 | 0 | 39 | 132 | 53 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #395 card?
It is card #395 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chris Short of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.