1969 Topps #553 Ron Davis
About Ron Davis
Before the 1969 season, Davis was traded to the Pirates for Tommie Sisk and Chris Cannizzaro. He played his final major league season with Pittsburgh that year, appearing in 62 games, 51 of them in the outfield, and batting .234 with four RBI and ten runs scored. This 1969 Topps card, #553 from the sixth print series, is his last as an active player and shows him with the Pirates.
Ron Davis was an outfielder who signed with the Colt .45s as an amateur free agent in 1961 out of Duke University. He debuted in the majors on August 1, 1962 at age 20, going 1-for-4 against the Braves, but appeared in only six games that year before returning to the minors. He came back to Houston in 1966 and settled in as a regular outfielder over the next several seasons, playing for the Astros, then splitting 1968 between Houston and St. Louis after a midseason trade, and closing out his career in 1969 with the Pirates following an offseason trade. His best season came in 1967, when he set career highs in games, hits, home runs and RBI. He reached the World Series with the Cardinals in 1968, going hitless in two games. Davis played five major league seasons in all, finishing with a .233 career batting average, then spent 1970 and 1971 in the minors with Pittsburgh's Columbus/Charleston Triple-A affiliate before his playing career ended. He died in Houston in 1992 at age 50.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 521 | 18 | 193 | 236 | 47 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 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 #553 card?
It is card #553 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Davis of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.