1969 Topps #85 Lou Brock
About Lou Brock
#85 sits in the first series, and #428 returns Brock to the Sporting News All-Star subset a second straight year. Behind them sat 1968: a .279 average in the Year of the Pitcher, with league-leading totals of 46 doubles, 14 triples and 62 steals, the first National Leaguer to sweep all three since Honus Wagner in 1908. On April 14, 1969, leading off in Montreal, he became the first man to bat in a regular-season major league game played in Canada.
Lou Brock played 19 major league seasons, breaking in with a September callup by the Chicago Cubs in 1961 and spending parts of four seasons there before the June 15, 1964 trade that sent him to St. Louis for pitcher Ernie Broglio, a deal still remembered as one of the most lopsided in baseball history. Moved to left field and turned loose on the bases, Brock led the National League in stolen bases eight times between 1966 and 1974, broke Maury Wills' single-season record with 118 steals in 1974, and passed Ty Cobb's career mark in 1977 on the way to a total of 938 that stood until 1991. A six-time All-Star and a career .293 hitter, he helped the Cardinals to pennants in 1964, 1967 and 1968 and to World Series titles in 1964 and 1967, batting .391 with 14 steals across three Fall Classics. He collected his 3,000th hit on August 13, 1979 off Dennis Lamp of the Cubs, the club that had traded him, then retired at 40 with a .304 average. St. Louis retired his number 20 that September, and he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985, his first year on the ballot.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,538 | 0 | 8 | 160 | 324 | 334 | 252 | 454 | 6 |
| SGC | 372 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 41 | 73 | 68 | 158 | 11 |
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 Lou Brock in this set: #428 Sporting News All-Stars
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- #10 National League 1968 Pitching Leaders
- #12 National League 1968 Strikeout Leaders
- #18 Dick Schofield
- #39 Dick Hughes
- #60 Nelson Briles
- #110 Mike Shannon
- #136 Cardinals 1969 Rookie Stars
- #160 Vada Pinson
- #162 World Series Game #1 - Gibson Fans 17; Sets New Record!
- #164 World Series Game #3 - McCarver's Homer Puts St. Louis Ahead
- #165 World Series Game #4 - Brock's Lead-Off HR Starts Cards' Romp
- #181 Mel Nelson
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #85 card?
It is card #85 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.