1969 Topps #316 Hal Lanier
About Hal Lanier
Card #316 in the 1969 Topps third series pictures Lanier as a San Francisco Giant. With the league expanding to add the Padres and Expos that year, the Giants weighed exposing him in the expansion draft, but he stayed on as the regular shortstop, playing 150 games and batting .228, still valued for his glove even as questions grew about whether his defense alone justified an everyday job.
Harold Clifton "Hal" Lanier broke in with the San Francisco Giants in June 1964 and spent ten major league seasons, mostly at second base and shortstop, before finishing his playing career with the New York Yankees in 1973. The son of former big league pitcher Max Lanier, he was known as a defense-first infielder who studied opposing pitchers and hitters closely enough that Willie Mays made him an infield captain, responsible for spotting a tiring pitcher and going out to the mound to steady him. Lanier hit .274 in his rookie year and was picked for the 1964 Topps All-Star Rookie team, but his bat cooled in the seasons that followed while his glove work at shortstop, including a league-leading fielding season, kept him in the lineup. He finished with a .228 career average, 8 home runs and 273 RBI over 1,196 games. After retiring he moved into coaching and managing, most notably leading the Houston Astros to the 1986 NL West title and winning NL Manager of the Year in his rookie season at the helm.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 230 | 0 | 36 | 136 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 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 #316 card?
It is card #316 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hal Lanier 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.