1969 Topps #231 Pat Dobson
About Pat Dobson
Still with Detroit in 1969, Dobson again split time between starting and relieving, appearing in 49 games and going 5-10 with a 3.60 ERA and nine saves in what proved to be his final season as a Tiger before a winter trade sent him to San Diego. This card is from the third print series.
Pat Dobson was a right-handed pitcher who spent eleven seasons in the majors with Detroit, San Diego, Baltimore, Atlanta, the New York Yankees and Cleveland. He broke in with the Tigers in 1967 after years of grinding through the minors and winter ball, working mostly in relief before Detroit's 1968 championship season, in which he appeared in the World Series against St. Louis. Traded to San Diego, he became a full-time starter for the first time in 1970. A trade to Baltimore paid off immediately: in 1971 Dobson won twenty games as one of four Orioles pitchers to reach that mark, a feat matched only once before in major league history, and he made the All-Star team the following season. Later stops with the Yankees produced a nineteen-win season in 1974. He finished his career with 122 wins, 1,301 strikeouts and a 3.54 ERA over 414 games, and went on to coach pitching for several organizations after retiring as a player.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 246 | 5 | 60 | 125 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 #231 card?
It is card #231 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pat Dobson 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.