1969 Topps #229 Don Lock
About Don Lock
Card #229, a third-series issue, is Lock's last card as a Phillie and reports a difficult 1968: eight home runs, 34 RBI and a .210 average in 99 games. With Larry Hisle coming up, Philadelphia gave him four at-bats in April, then traded him to Boston on May 5, 1969, for Bill Schlesinger, an outfielder whose whole big-league record was one groundout in 1965. Lock's own career closed that October 1.
Don Wilson Lock, born July 27, 1936, in Wichita, Kansas, played eight major league seasons, 1962 through 1969, as an outfielder for the Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox. A basketball scholarship athlete at Wichita State, he signed with the Yankees in March 1958 for a $12,500 bonus, then led the Carolina League in home runs and RBI with Greensboro in 1959 and the Eastern League in both with Binghamton in 1960. Washington acquired him out of New York's farm system in July 1962 for first baseman Dale Long, and he grew into the Senators' center fielder and their biggest power source. He moved to Philadelphia for 1967 and to Boston for a last half-season in 1969, finishing with a .238 average, 122 home runs and 373 RBI in 921 games. Lock later managed in the minors from 1971 into 1973, farmed the family land in Kansas, and was inducted into the Wichita State basketball and baseball halls of fame, the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame before his death in Wichita on October 8, 2017.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 179 | 0 | 23 | 95 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 #229 card?
It is card #229 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Lock 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.