1969 Topps #356 Frank Quilici
About Frank Quilici
Card #356 in the fourth series pictures Quilici with the Twins during the season Billy Martin took over as manager and drove Minnesota to the inaugural American League West title with a 97-65 record. Quilici worked mainly as a defensive replacement at second and third base, batting .174 in 144 at-bats across 118 games, and did not appear in the Twins' three-game loss to Baltimore in the ALCS. It is a plain mid-series issue from midcareer.
Frank Quilici spent his entire major league career with the Minnesota Twins, breaking in as an infielder in July 1965 after batting .277 for the Triple-A Denver Bears. He started all seven games of the 1965 World Series at second base and tied a Series record with two hits in one inning during a six-run rally against Don Drysdale in Game One. Quilici played second, third and shortstop for Minnesota through 1970, reaching a career-high .245 average in 1968 after Twins coach Billy Martin suggested he bring his hands in closer on his swing; that same season he also hit his first major league home run, a solo shot on the year's final day. He finished with a .214 average, five home runs and 53 RBI over 405 games. Quilici later coached for the Twins and, in July 1972 at age 33, became the youngest manager in the majors, guiding Minnesota to three straight third-place finishes before his 1975 firing. He went on to broadcast Twins games for several more seasons.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 201 | 3 | 39 | 99 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 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 #356 card?
It is card #356 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Quilici of the Minnesota Twins.
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.