1969 Topps #408 Nate Colbert
About Nate Colbert
The 1969 Topps card lands during Colbert's first full season and the Padres' inaugural year as an expansion club, part of the fourth print series. He didn't win the first-base job outright, starting behind Bill Davis, but took over in April and finished the season with a team-leading 24 home runs, 66 RBI and a .255 average, the most home runs by any rookie in the majors that year. The card shows him with San Diego, the club he would anchor as its first genuine power threat.
Nate Colbert was a power-hitting first baseman who became the San Diego Padres' first true star. Born in St. Louis in 1946, he broke in with the Houston Astros in 1966 before San Diego took him in the 1968 expansion draft. From 1969 to 1973 he averaged 30 home runs and 85 RBI a season, earning three straight All-Star selections from 1971 to 1973 as the club's first genuine power threat. His signature day came on August 1, 1972, when he hit five home runs and drove in 13 runs in a doubleheader against Atlanta, tying Stan Musial's homer record and setting a new mark for RBI. Chronic back problems, tied to a degenerative spine condition, cut his career short after the 1976 season. He finished with 173 home runs and 520 RBI over ten seasons and held the Padres' career home run record for decades. After playing, he worked as a hitting instructor and minor league coach and became an ordained minister.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 298 | 5 | 55 | 163 | 50 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 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 #408 card?
It is card #408 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres.
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.