1969 Topps #260 Reggie Jackson
About Reggie Jackson
1969 Topps #260 is Reggie Jackson's rookie card and the headline rookie card of the set: a series-3 card, with Jackson alone on the card as an Oakland Athletic. He came to it off his first full big-league season, 1968 in Oakland, when he batted .250 with 29 home runs and 74 RBI. The year the card was issued became his breakout: a career-high 47 home runs, 118 RBI, a league-leading .608 slugging percentage and his first All-Star selection.
Reggie Jackson, born Reginald Martinez Jackson in Pennsylvania in 1946, was the second overall pick of the Kansas City Athletics in the 1966 draft out of Arizona State. He debuted with Kansas City in 1967 and moved with the franchise to Oakland the next year, becoming the left-handed power bat of the A's dynasty that won three straight World Series from 1972 through 1974. He hit a career-high 47 home runs in 1969, then led the league with 32 homers and 117 RBI in 1973, when he was the unanimous American League MVP and the World Series MVP against the Mets. Oakland traded him to Baltimore in April 1976, and after one season as an Oriole he signed with the New York Yankees as a free agent. His clutch October hitting earned him the nickname "Mr. October," capped by three consecutive home runs in the clinching Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, and New York won back-to-back titles in 1977 and 1978. He later played five seasons with the California Angels and returned to Oakland for 1987. A 14-time All-Star, Jackson finished with 563 home runs, 1,702 RBI and the career record for strikeouts, and he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993, his first year of eligibility.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 12,990 | 1 | 41 | 630 | 1,460 | 2,405 | 2,283 | 6,035 | 135 |
| SGC | 5,431 | 0 | 17 | 54 | 286 | 554 | 1,062 | 2,912 | 546 |
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 #260 card?
It is card #260 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics.
Is 1969 Topps #260 a rookie card?
Yes - #260 is the 1969 Topps rookie card of Reggie Jackson.
What are the key cards in the 1969 Topps set?
The #500 Mickey Mantle - his last Topps card as an active player, printed with his name in yellow letters and, far scarcer, in white letters - is the grail of the set, and the #260 Reggie Jackson rookie card is its headline rookie. The other major keys are #50 Bob Clemente (printed "Bob" on the front), #95 Johnny Bench, #100 Hank Aaron, #120 Pete Rose, #190 Willie Mays, #480 Tom Seaver, #533 Nolan Ryan (his first solo card; the rookie is 1968 #177) and #597 AL Rookie Stars with Rollie Fingers. The high numbers (#589-664) are the hardest run in the set.
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.