1969 Topps #133 Johnny Callison
About Johnny Callison
Card #133 is his last as a Phillie. The 1969 team lost 99 games and finished fifth in the new National League East, 37 games behind the champion Mets, with Dick Allen suspended for a month and manager Bob Skinner resigning in August. Callison himself rebounded some, hitting .265 in 134 games with 29 doubles, 16 home runs and 64 RBI, but the decade was over: that winter he and pitcher Larry Colton went to the Chicago Cubs for Dick Selma and Oscar Gamble. He left Philadelphia with 185 home runs and 84 triples, both among the most in club history.
Johnny Callison batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and spent sixteen major league seasons with the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees. The White Sox signed him out of East Bakersfield High School in 1957 and recalled him in September 1958, then traded him to Philadelphia in December 1959 for third baseman Gene Freese, the deal that made his career. Ten Phillies seasons followed, and from 1962 through 1966 he was the idol of the city and its most popular player. He hit an even .300 in 1962, led the National League in triples in 1962 and 1965 and in doubles in 1966, earned All-Star selections in three seasons, and, with one of the decade's great throwing arms, topped the league in outfield assists four years running. His signature moment came on July 7, 1964, at Shea Stadium, where a ninth-inning three-run homer off Dick Radatz won the All-Star Game and made him its MVP; that fall he finished second to Ken Boyer for the NL Most Valuable Player award as the Phillies collapsed down the stretch. He retired with a .264 average, 226 home runs, 1,757 hits and 159 outfield assists, and was named to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 1997 and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 235 | 3 | 37 | 109 | 54 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 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 #133 card?
It is card #133 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Callison of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.