1969 Topps #19 Ken Suarez
About Ken Suarez
Suarez split 1969 between Cleveland and the Pacific Coast League's Portland Beavers, posting his fullest big league playing time to date with the Indians: 36 games and a .294 average with a home run and nine RBIs. Card #19 is a first-series 1969 Topps card depicting him with the Cleveland Indians.
Ken Suarez was a right-handed-hitting catcher from Tampa, Florida who starred at Florida State, batting .404 as a junior and earning first-team All-America honors before representing the United States at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He signed with the Kansas City Athletics and reached the majors in 1966. Suarez split his seven big league seasons among the Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, valued more for his defense behind the plate than his bat; his best offensive showing came in 1969 with Cleveland, when he hit .294. He was part of the Rangers' inaugural 1972 roster under manager Ted Williams and, in 1973, broke up a Jim Palmer perfect-game bid with a ninth-inning single. A pay dispute with Texas led him to file the club's first arbitration case, and he chose to retire in 1974 rather than report to a new team after being traded back to Cleveland. He later worked in Texas as a Rangers scout and in the aviation industry.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 350 | 9 | 117 | 173 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 #19 card?
It is card #19 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Suarez of the Cleveland Indians.
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.