1969 Topps #228 Dave Leonhard
About Dave Leonhard
1969 was Leonhard's best season: pitching almost exclusively out of the Baltimore bullpen, he went 7-4 with a career-low 2.49 ERA across a career-high 37 appearances, and closed the year with two innings in the World Series loss to the New York Mets, allowing a home run to Ed Kranepool. His 1969 Topps #228, issued in the set's third series, is a solo card showing him with the Orioles in the first of three straight American League pennant seasons for the club.
Dave Leonhard was a right-handed pitcher who spent his entire six-year major league career, 1967 through 1972, with the Baltimore Orioles during the club's late-1960s and early-1970s pennant-winning run. A Johns Hopkins University graduate who briefly taught high school history before signing with Baltimore, he worked his way up through the minor leagues, winning the International League Pitcher of the Year Award with Rochester in 1967 before his September call-up. He served the Orioles as both a starter and a reliever, posting his best season in 1969 with a 7-4 record and a 2.49 ERA over a career-high 37 appearances. He appeared in the 1969 and 1971 World Series and was on Baltimore's roster for its 1970 championship, though he did not pitch in that series. His career totals were 16-14 with a 3.15 ERA over 337 innings, 146 strikeouts and five saves. He and teammate Jim Palmer, who called him his best friend on the team, were close friends and roommates. After baseball, Leonhard and his wife Doris opened a garden center in Beverly, Massachusetts.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 262 | 8 | 78 | 131 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 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 #228 card?
It is card #228 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Leonhard of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.