1969 Topps #270 Mickey Lolich
About Mickey Lolich
The Series carried Lolich into 1969, when he made his first All-Star team, went 19-11 with a 3.14 ERA and struck out 271, his highest total to that point and the third-largest in Tigers history behind McLain and Hal Newhouser. Twice that summer he struck out 16 batters in a game, a career high he never bettered. Card 270 sits in the third series and shows him with Detroit.
Mickey Lolich was a left-handed pitcher who spent 13 of his 16 major league seasons with the Detroit Tigers, debuting in 1963 after growing up in Portland, Oregon, where a toddler accident with a tipped-over motorcycle broke his left collarbone and pushed him toward throwing left-handed. He was a flamethrowing wildman in the minors and only found his control in 1962 with the Portland Beavers, after refusing a demotion and flying home. From 1964 through 1974 he won at least 14 games every season and struck out 200 or more batters seven times. His best year was 1971, when he led the American League with 25 wins, 308 strikeouts, 29 complete games and 376 innings pitched and finished runner-up to Vida Blue for the Cy Young Award. A three-time All-Star, he is best remembered for the 1968 World Series, when he won three complete games against St. Louis, including a 4-1 Game 7 decision over Bob Gibson on two days of rest, and was named Series MVP. He retired in 1979 with 217 wins and 2,832 strikeouts, then the most by a left-hander in major league history. He is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee; the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame took him in 1982. He died in February 2026 at age 85.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 427 | 3 | 36 | 190 | 100 | 53 | 19 | 26 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 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 #270 card?
It is card #270 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers.
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.