1969 Topps #365 Jim Fregosi
About Jim Fregosi
Bobby Knoop was traded to the Chicago White Sox 27 games into 1969, ending a double-play partnership that had run since 1964 and ranked among the game's best. Fregosi carried on, hitting .260 with 12 home runs in 161 games while playing through a sore knee, and he made his fifth All-Star team. That same year California Angels fans voted him the number one player in franchise history. His 1969 Topps card, number 365, is a fourth-series issue.
Jim Fregosi was born in San Francisco on April 4, 1942 and won 11 varsity letters at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo before signing with the Boston Red Sox for a $20,000 bonus. Left unprotected after one Class-D season, he was taken 35th overall by the expansion Los Angeles Angels in the December 1960 expansion draft and debuted with them in September 1961. Fregosi became the young franchise's first star at shortstop, making six All-Star teams, winning a Gold Glove and leading the American League in triples across an eleven-year run with the Angels. On December 10, 1971 he was traded to the New York Mets in the four-player deal that sent Nolan Ryan to California, and he later played for the Texas Rangers and Pittsburgh Pirates before retiring in 1978 with 1,726 hits. He managed the Angels, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays, guiding the 1979 Angels to their first postseason and the 1993 Phillies to a National League pennant. The Angels retired his number 11 and placed him in the club's own Angels Hall of Fame. He died in 2014.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 349 | 15 | 78 | 168 | 51 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 #365 card?
It is card #365 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Fregosi of the California Angels.
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.