1969 Topps #132 Dave Baldwin
About Dave Baldwin
In 1969, Baldwin worked 43 games out of the Washington Senators bullpen for new manager Ted Williams, going 2-4 with a 4.05 ERA over 66.2 innings, 51 strikeouts and 4 saves. Baldwin found Williams an approachable skipper who leaned on his coaches for pitching decisions. That August he surrendered a game-deciding fly ball that carried out for a grand slam off Rich Rollins, a moment he later recalled with self-deprecating detail. This 1969 Topps card, #132 from the set's second series, captures him mid-career with the Senators.
Dave Baldwin was a submarine and side-arm relief pitcher for the Washington Senators, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox from 1966 to 1973. Born in Tucson, Arizona, he was a hard-throwing prospect at the University of Arizona until an elbow injury in 1958 forced him to rebuild his mechanics from the ground up. He lowered his arm angle to a sweeping side-arm delivery and an occasional submarine curveball, an approach most organizations of the era discouraged, and it carried him to the majors at age 28. Senators manager Gil Hodges favored low-slot arms and gave Baldwin his chance in September 1966. Over six big-league seasons he went 6-11 with a 3.08 ERA and 22 saves in 176 games, highlighted by a 1.70 ERA in 1967. He never committed an error in the majors. After retiring in 1974 he earned a Ph.D. in genetics and an M.S. in systems engineering from the University of Arizona, later working as a geneticist, engineer and published poet and painter.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 300 | 8 | 70 | 173 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 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 #132 card?
It is card #132 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Baldwin of the Washington Senators.
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.