1969 Topps #405 Lee May
About Lee May
May had a breakout 1969, batting .278 with 38 home runs (third in the NL) and a career-best 110 RBI (fourth in the league) as the Reds improved to a fourth-place finish, and he earned the first of his three All-Star selections. Issued in Topps' fourth print series, this card captures him at the peak of his early Cincinnati power years.
Lee May broke in with the Cincinnati Reds and grew into one of the National League's most feared right-handed sluggers, a first baseman whose bat helped build the nucleus that became the Big Red Machine alongside Johnny Bench, Tony Perez and Pete Rose. Nicknamed the Big Bopper by teammate Tommy Helms, he strung together eleven straight seasons of at least 20 home runs and 80 RBI, and is one of only eleven major leaguers to post 100-RBI seasons for three different franchises. After Cincinnati traded him to Houston, then Baltimore, May kept producing power at every stop, reaching the World Series with both the Reds and the Orioles and adding an AL RBI title in Baltimore. Over an 18-year career he hit .267 with 354 home runs and 1,244 RBI, a three-time All-Star remembered as one of the game's most consistent long-ball threats of his era.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 290 | 4 | 42 | 160 | 51 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 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 #405 card?
It is card #405 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Lee May of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.