1969 Topps #516 Earl Weaver
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 Earl Weaver
Card #516 in 1969 Topps comes from the sixth series, and it is not Weaver's rookie card. It is his only card of the decade, showing the Baltimore Orioles manager in his first full season on the job after replacing Hank Bauer in July 1968. That club won the new American League East at 109-53 and swept the Twins in the first ALCS before losing the World Series to the Miracle Mets in five games.
Earl Weaver managed the Baltimore Orioles from July 1968 through 1982 and again in 1985-1986, going 1,480-1,060 (.583) without ever playing in the majors; his playing career was spent as a minor-league second baseman from 1948 to 1960. After two winning seasons managing Triple-A Rochester, he joined the Orioles as first-base coach and replaced Hank Bauer as manager on July 11, 1968. His formula was pitching and three-run homers, with Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally on the mound and Frank Robinson, Boog Powell and Brooks Robinson in the lineup. Weaver won three straight American League pennants (1969-1971), the 1970 World Series over Cincinnati and a fourth pennant in 1979, and the Associated Press named him Manager of the Year three times. Remembered as the Earl of Baltimore, he battled umpires relentlessly, piling up 94 ejections. The Veterans Committee elected him to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996, and he died at sea in the Caribbean on January 19, 2013.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 843 | 3 | 75 | 344 | 215 | 95 | 58 | 53 | 0 |
| SGC | 127 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 33 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 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 #516 card?
It is card #516 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Earl Weaver of the Baltimore Orioles. 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.