1969 Topps #345 Frank Linzy
About Frank Linzy
Card #345 in Topps' fourth 1969 series shows Linzy still with the Giants in what proved his final full season in San Francisco. He set career highs with a 14-9 record and 116 1/3 innings pitched across 58 games, striking out 62 while posting a 3.64 ERA and 11 saves before the club dealt him to St. Louis the following year.
Frank Alfred Linzy, born September 15, 1940, in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, pitched eleven big league seasons as a hard-throwing right-handed reliever, almost never starting a game. Debuting with the San Francisco Giants in 1963, he became one of the National League's most trusted firemen, entering games in the seventh or eighth inning just as often as the ninth. His signature stretch came in 1965 and 1966, when he anchored the Giants' bullpen through two tight pennant races, finishing 13th in the 1965 NL Most Valuable Player vote and third for NL Rookie of the Year. Linzy remained with San Francisco through 1970, then closed out his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, and Philadelphia Phillies, retiring after the 1974 season. Over 516 career games he posted a 62-57 record, a 2.85 earned run average, and 111 saves, working almost exclusively in relief. He was never selected to an All-Star team and is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 200 | 2 | 31 | 116 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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 #345 card?
It is card #345 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Linzy of the San Francisco Giants.
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.