1969 Topps #6 National League 1968 Home Run Leaders - Willie McCovey / Richie Allen / Ernie Banks
On this card: Willie McCovey, Richie Allen, Ernie Banks
About this card
Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset: six categories from the 1968 season - batting average, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching (wins) and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and the top three men on each card (#9 names four, after a tie for third in American League wins).
The story on this card
Card #6 in the 1969 Topps set is the National League Home Run Leaders subset, from print series one, pairing three sluggers who topped the senior circuit's home run totals in 1968: Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants, Richie Allen of the Philadelphia Phillies, and Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs, each shown in his own headshot with his team name. McCovey led the league with 36 home runs that season, batting .293 with 105 RBI as the Giants' regular first baseman. Allen reached 33 home runs for the Phillies while playing mostly outfield, and Banks, by then the Cubs' first baseman rather than the shortstop of his earlier seasons, added 32 homers of his own.
Willie McCovey, "Stretch," was the towering left-handed slugger who hit behind Willie Mays in San Francisco -- a three-time National League home run champion, the 1969 Most Valuable Player, and a Hall of Famer with 521 career home runs. Richie Allen - Philadelphia's young slugger, the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year and the 1972 American League Most Valuable Player with the White Sox, a seven-time All-Star who took his position in a batting helmet and became Crash. Ernie Banks, called Mr. Cub, was the Chicago shortstop and first baseman who won back-to-back NL MVP awards in 1958-59 and hit 512 home runs despite the Cubs never reaching the postseason in his career.
Sources: Wikipedia (Willie McCovey) · Wikipedia (Dick Allen) · Wikipedia (Ernie Banks) · SABR BioProject (Willie Mccovey) · SABR BioProject (Dick Allen) · SABR BioProject (Ernie Banks) · Baseball Almanac (Willie McCovey) · Baseball Almanac (Ernie Banks) · Retrosheet
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,096 | 1 | 61 | 381 | 256 | 149 | 105 | 140 | 3 |
| SGC | 222 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 41 | 39 | 47 | 71 | 1 |
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 #6 card?
It is card #6 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Willie McCovey, Richie Allen and Ernie Banks. Cards #1-12 are the League Leaders subset: six categories from the 1968 season - batting average, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching (wins) and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and the top three men on each card (#9 names four, after a tie for third in American League wins).
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.