1969 Topps #449 Paul Lindblad
About Paul Lindblad
Card 449, from the fifth series, is not Lindblad's rookie card. Working almost exclusively in relief for Oakland in 1969, he posted career highs with nine wins and nine saves, going 9-6 with a 4.14 ERA over 60 games, striking out 64 in 78.1 innings as the Athletics began building toward their run of division titles in the early 1970s.
Paul Aaron Lindblad, born August 9, 1941 in Chanute, Kansas, was a left-handed pitcher who spent 14 major league seasons, 1965 through 1978, almost entirely as a reliever. He debuted with the Kansas City Athletics on September 15, 1965, followed the franchise to Oakland in 1968, and later pitched for the Washington Senators, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees. After beginning his career as a minor league starter, he moved into middle and long relief and set a major league record for a pitcher by playing 385 consecutive games without an error, a streak that ran from 1966 to 1974. Lindblad won three World Series titles, with the 1973 and 1974 Oakland Athletics and the 1978 New York Yankees, and earned the win in Game Three of the 1973 World Series against the New York Mets, working two shutout innings and getting the last pitching matchup of Willie Mays's career. He finished with a 68-63 record, a 3.29 ERA, 64 saves and 671 strikeouts. After retiring he worked as a minor league pitching coach and as a custom home builder. He died January 1, 2006, in Arlington, Texas.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 194 | 1 | 28 | 100 | 44 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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 #449 card?
It is card #449 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Paul Lindblad of the Oakland Athletics.
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.