1969 Topps #363 Russ Nixon
About Russ Nixon
Card #363 is in the 1969 Topps fourth series, after a dozen big-league seasons. What makes it odd is the team on it: the Chicago White Sox. Boston had assigned his contract to Triple-A Louisville after the 1968 season, and Chicago selected him in that December's Rule 5 draft, which is how Topps came to list him with the White Sox. He reported to their camp in the spring, drew his unconditional release on March 30 with the opener a week off, and never played another major-league game.
Russ Nixon was a left-handed-hitting catcher who spent twelve major-league seasons, from 1957 to 1968, with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, and Minnesota Twins. Born in Cleves, Ohio, on February 19, 1935, he signed with Cleveland in 1953 out of Cincinnati's Western Hills High School alongside his twin brother Roy, and reached the Indians in 1957. His best year came in 1958, when he batted .301 in 113 games. Cleveland dealt him to Boston in March 1960 for catcher Sammy White and first baseman Jim Marshall, but White retired rather than report and the commissioner voided the deal; on June 13 the Indians sent Nixon and Carroll Hardy to the Red Sox for Ted Bowsfield and Marty Keough. He platooned behind the plate in Boston through 1965, went to Minnesota in an April 1966 trade, and came back to the Red Sox for his last big-league games in 1968. Over 906 games he batted .268 with 670 hits and 27 home runs, and he holds the major-league record for most games played without a stolen base. He later coached the 1976 world-champion Reds and managed both Cincinnati and Atlanta.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 325 | 8 | 99 | 166 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 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 #363 card?
It is card #363 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Russ Nixon of the Chicago White Sox.
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.