1969 Topps #472 Jim Price
About Jim Price
This card lands in his best offensive season, when Price set career highs with 9 home runs and 8 doubles in only 192 at-bats while backing up Bill Freehan behind the plate. One of those homers was a game-ending shot off the Yankees' Steve Hamilton at Tiger Stadium on June 23; he finished the year batting .234 in a career-high 72 games.
Jimmie William Price, born October 13, 1941, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was a catcher who spent his entire five-year major league career with the Detroit Tigers from 1967 to 1971. A three-sport star at Hershey High School, he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960 and spent seven seasons in Pittsburgh's farm system, earning Carolina League Player of the Year honors at Kinston in 1963. After losing the battle for a roster spot in spring training 1967, Price was sold to Detroit, where he served as backup catcher to All-Star Bill Freehan for the rest of his career. He appeared in 261 games over five seasons, batting .214 with 18 home runs, and was part of the Tigers' 1968 World Series championship team, though he saw only two pinch-hit at-bats in that Series. After retiring following the 1971 season, Price built a long career in Detroit sports broadcasting, working Tigers games on television and radio for nearly three decades, including as a longtime broadcast partner of Hall of Fame announcer Ernie Harwell.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 231 | 3 | 30 | 116 | 54 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 #472 card?
It is card #472 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Price of the Detroit Tigers.
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.