1969 Topps #148 Lee Stange
About Lee Stange
Boston used Stange every which way in 1969: 15 starts among 41 appearances, 137 innings, and a 6-9 record with a 3.68 ERA. The splits tell the story - 4-8 with a 4.45 ERA as a starter, but 2-1 with a 2.34 mark out of the bullpen. It was his last full season anywhere; the White Sox claimed him off waivers from the Red Sox in the middle of 1970, and he retired that fall with 359 big-league games behind him. His 1969 Topps #148 is a second-series card.
Albert Lee Stange, a right-handed pitcher born in Chicago in 1936 and raised in suburban Broadview, spent parts of ten major league seasons (1961-1970) with the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox, finishing 62-61 with a 3.56 ERA and 718 strikeouts in 359 games. Knee injuries at Drake University, where he never played college baseball, pushed him into pro ball with the Washington Senators organization, and he won 20 games for Class B Wilson of the Carolina League in 1960 before breaking in with the Twins in their first Minnesota season. Listed at 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, he spent his career fending off front-office doubts that a pitcher his size could start, and shuttled between rotation and bullpen for four clubs, making 125 starts among his 359 appearances. His best year came with Boston's 1967 Impossible Dream pennant winners, where he led the staff with a 2.77 ERA and pitched in the World Series. Known around the game as Stinger, he later worked for decades as a pitching coach and minor league instructor for the Red Sox, Twins and Athletics, helping develop Roger Clemens and Bruce Hurst. He died in Florida in 2018 at age 81.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 240 | 6 | 36 | 137 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 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 #148 card?
It is card #148 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Lee Stange of the Boston Red Sox.
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.