1969 Topps #419 Rod Carew
About this card
Cards #416-435 are the twenty Sporting News All-Stars, ten from each league - a catcher, the four infielders, three outfielders and two pitchers - with the National and American League picks alternating from #416; the run straddles the fourth and fifth series, and the backs assemble into two puzzle photos.
About Rod Carew
Carew has two 1969 cards: #419, a fourth-series Sporting News All-Star card honoring his 1968 selection at second base, and #510, his fifth-series base card. The 1969 season was his breakout. Working with manager Billy Martin on aggressive baserunning, he stole home seven times, one shy of Ty Cobb's record, and he won his first American League batting title at .332. It began a run of 15 straight seasons at .300 or better, and he made his third All-Star team as the Twins won the new AL West before Baltimore swept them in the playoffs.
Rod Carew was born October 1, 1945, on a train in Gatun, in the Panama Canal Zone, and moved to New York City's Washington Heights as a teenager. Discovered playing sandlot ball for the Bronx Cavaliers, he signed with the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1964 and reached the majors in 1967, hitting .292 at second base to win the American League Rookie of the Year award. Carew made 18 straight All-Star teams from 1967 through 1984, starring for the Twins through 1978 and the California Angels from 1979 to 1985, and won seven AL batting titles, second only to Ty Cobb in league history. His finest season came in 1977, when he was hitting above .400 into July before finishing at .388 with a career-high 239 hits, winning the AL Most Valuable Player award and the Roberto Clemente Award; in 2016 the American League batting title was renamed in his honor. On August 4, 1985, Carew singled off Frank Viola for his 3,000th hit, and he retired with a .328 average and 3,053 hits. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, his first year of eligibility, and later coached for the Angels and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 949 | 1 | 56 | 309 | 236 | 139 | 83 | 120 | 5 |
| SGC | 156 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 43 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 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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More Rod Carew in this set: #510
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- #77 Ron Perranoski
- #99 Twins 1969 Rookie Stars
- #121 Joe Grzenda
- #146 Jim Perry
- #194 Ted Uhlaender
- #218 John Roseboro
- #242 Frank Kostro
- #265 Chico Cardenas
- #290 Jim Kaat
- #317 Bruce Look
- #336 Jim Roland
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #419 card?
It is card #419 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins. Cards #416-435 are the twenty Sporting News All-Stars, ten from each league - a catcher, the four infielders, three outfielders and two pitchers - with the National and American League picks alternating from #416; the run straddles the fourth and fifth series, and the backs assemble into two puzzle photos.
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.