1969 Topps #100 Hank Aaron
About Hank Aaron
Aaron's lone 1969 card, #100 in the first series, reports a quieter 1968: .287 with 29 home runs and 86 RBI, though he still stole 28 bases at age 34. The headline of that season came on July 14, when he became the eighth player in major league history to reach 500 career home runs, off Mike McCormick of the Giants, exactly a year after old teammate Eddie Mathews had reached the same mark. Atlanta then won the first NL West title in 1969.
Henry Louis Aaron broke in with the Milwaukee Braves in 1954 out of Mobile, Alabama, after a brief stop in the Negro American League with the Indianapolis Clowns. A right fielder who batted and threw right-handed, he spent 21 seasons with the Braves and two with the Milwaukee Brewers, retiring in 1976 with a .305 average, 3,771 hits and 2,297 RBI, still the major-league record. He won the NL batting title twice (1956, 1959), led the league in home runs four times, and took the 1957 NL MVP award as the Braves won the World Series. A 25-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner, he was called Hank by Braves public relations director Don Davidson, who thought the shorter name made the quiet young star more accessible; teammates turned it into Hammerin' Hank. On April 8, 1974, in Atlanta, he hit his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth as the career leader, a record he held until 2007 while enduring racist threats throughout the pursuit. Aaron finished with 755 home runs and holds career marks for RBI, extra-base hits and total bases. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1982, his first year of eligibility, with 97.8% of the vote, and afterward held Braves front office roles, including senior vice president. He died in 2021.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 7,180 | 4 | 67 | 503 | 878 | 1,163 | 1,163 | 3,388 | 14 |
| SGC | 2,974 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 157 | 375 | 669 | 1,673 | 42 |
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 #100 card?
It is card #100 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves.
What are the key cards in the 1969 Topps set?
The #500 Mickey Mantle - his last Topps card as an active player, printed with his name in yellow letters and, far scarcer, in white letters - is the grail of the set, and the #260 Reggie Jackson rookie card is its headline rookie. The other major keys are #50 Bob Clemente (printed "Bob" on the front), #95 Johnny Bench, #100 Hank Aaron, #120 Pete Rose, #190 Willie Mays, #480 Tom Seaver, #533 Nolan Ryan (his first solo card; the rookie is 1968 #177) and #597 AL Rookie Stars with Rollie Fingers. The high numbers (#589-664) are the hardest run in the set.
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.