1969 Topps #656 Dan Schneider
About Dan Schneider
Schneider opened 1969 back in the Houston bullpen, but the stay was short - six appearances, 7 1/3 innings, an 0-1 record and a 13.50 ERA - and his last major league outing came on April 27, 1969, just shy of six years after his debut. One more minor league season followed before his professional career ended in 1970. His 1969 Topps card is number 656 with the Houston Astros, a high number from the seventh series. It closes out the six Topps cards he collected across the decade.
Daniel Louis Schneider, a left-handed pitcher, was born August 29, 1942, in Evansville, Indiana, and was raised in Tucson, Arizona, where he was an All-City and All-State player at Rincon High School, class of 1960. At the University of Arizona he was named a first-team All-American in 1962, and the Milwaukee Braves signed him that June. He reached the majors in May 1963 and pitched for the Braves in 1963, 1964 and 1966, then closed his big-league career with the Houston Astros, his last appearance coming in April 1969. Across five major league seasons he went 2-5 with a 4.71 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 117 games, only eight of them starts. His full professional career, minor league seasons included, ran from 1962 through 1970. He settled back in Tucson as chief financial officer of an insurance and financial services firm, coached and administered youth baseball, and in 1991 headed the community group that brought the Colorado Rockies to town for spring training after the Cleveland Indians pulled out. He entered the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 and the University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 342 | 2 | 70 | 183 | 66 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #656 card?
It is card #656 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dan Schneider of the Houston Astros.
Why is #656 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last print series, #589-664 - the scarce end of the set.
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.