1969 Topps #234 Dave Bristol
About this card
This is one of the 25 manager cards in the 1969 Topps set - one for each of the 24 clubs, with Washington twice (#294 Jim Lemon, the outgoing manager, and #650 Ted Williams, hired that February). Nine of the 25 are Hall of Famers.
About Dave Bristol
Card #234, part of the third print series, depicts Bristol managing the Cincinnati Reds for what proved his final season with the club. The 1969 Reds finished 89-73, third place in the National League, Bristol's best winning percentage with the team, yet he was dismissed after the season and replaced the following year by Sparky Anderson.
James David Bristol, born June 23, 1933 in Bristol, Georgia, was a minor league infielder who became a playing manager in the Cincinnati farm system in 1957 at age 24, but he never appeared in a major league game. By 1964 he was piloting the Reds' top affiliate, the Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres, to a pennant. His minor league clubs won 652 and lost 562 over his nine seasons as a pilot. Cincinnati promoted him to the big league coaching staff in 1966, and when manager Don Heffner struggled that July, Bristol took over the Reds in-season. He led Cincinnati through three winning campaigns before his 1969 dismissal, after which Sparky Anderson inherited the roster that became the Big Red Machine. Bristol went on to manage the Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants, and coached for the Phillies and Expos across a career that spanned more than four decades in professional baseball.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 199 | 3 | 47 | 111 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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 #234 card?
It is card #234 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Bristol of the Cincinnati Reds. This is one of the 25 manager cards in the 1969 Topps set - one for each of the 24 clubs, with Washington twice (#294 Jim Lemon, the outgoing manager, and #650 Ted Williams, hired that February). Nine of the 25 are Hall of Famers.
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.