1969 Topps #430 Johnny Bench
About this card
Cards #416-435 are the twenty Sporting News All-Stars, ten from each league - a catcher, the four infielders, three outfielders and two pitchers - with the National and American League picks alternating from #416; the run straddles the fourth and fifth series, and the backs assemble into two puzzle photos.
About Johnny Bench
Bench has two 1969 Topps Reds cards. First-series #95 carries the Topps All-Star Rookie trophy. Fifth-series #430 is from the Sporting News All-Star subset; the paper had named him its 1968 All-Star catcher. In 1969 he hit .293 with 26 homers and 90 RBI, won a second Gold Glove, homered in his first All-Star start and caught Jim Maloney's April 30 no-hitter against Houston.
Johnny Lee Bench, born December 7, 1947, in Oklahoma City, grew up in Binger, Oklahoma, where he was his high school class valedictorian. The Cincinnati Reds took him in the second round of the first amateur draft in June 1965, the 36th pick overall, and he spent his entire 17-season career, 1967 to 1983, with Cincinnati. He won the 1968 National League Rookie of the Year award, the first catcher to take it, then anchored the Big Red Machine of the 1970s. He was the NL Most Valuable Player in 1970 and 1972, leading the league in home runs and RBI both years, and he helped the Reds win back-to-back World Series titles in 1975 and 1976, earning World Series MVP honors in the 1976 sweep of the Yankees. A fourteen-time All-Star, he won Gold Gloves in each of his first ten full seasons, 1968 through 1977, behind a powerful, accurate arm. His 45 home runs in 1970 stood as the single-season record for catchers until 2021, and his 389 home runs and 1,376 RBI remain Reds franchise records. After playing mostly first and third base over his final three seasons, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989, his first year of eligibility, on 96 percent of the ballots.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,606 | 3 | 64 | 332 | 290 | 302 | 232 | 381 | 2 |
| SGC | 432 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 76 | 100 | 97 | 134 | 1 |
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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More Johnny Bench in this set: #95
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- #2 National League 1968 Batting Leaders
- #26 Clay Carroll
- #70 Tommy Helms
- #81 Mel Queen
- #95 Johnny Bench
- #120 Pete Rose
- #142 Woody Woodward
- #187 Leon Wagner
- #213 Gerry Arrigo
- #234 Dave Bristol
- #259 Bill Short
- #280 Alex Johnson
- #295 Tony Perez
- #318 Jack Fisher
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #430 card?
It is card #430 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds. Cards #416-435 are the twenty Sporting News All-Stars, ten from each league - a catcher, the four infielders, three outfielders and two pitchers - with the National and American League picks alternating from #416; the run straddles the fourth and fifth series, and the backs assemble into two puzzle photos.
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.