1969 Topps #371 Sal Bando
About Sal Bando
Bando broke out in 1969, making his first All-Star team as the AL's starting third baseman and setting career highs with 31 home runs, 113 RBIs and 106 runs after a huge September surge. Manager Hank Bauer named him Athletics team captain that May, a title he held for the rest of his Oakland tenure. He appears twice in the set that year, on a solo card, #371, and on a shared card, #556, alongside fellow Athletics infielders Bert Campaneris and Danny Cater.
Sal Bando was a hard-nosed third baseman who anchored the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the early 1970s, serving as team captain from 1969 onward. Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics out of Arizona State, where he had been the 1965 College World Series Most Outstanding Player, Bando debuted in September 1966 and became Oakland's everyday third baseman by 1968. A four-time All-Star (1969, 1972-1974), he finished as high as second in AL MVP voting and helped the A's win three straight World Series titles from 1972 to 1974, playing in every one. He closed his sixteen-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers from 1977 to 1981, finishing with a .254 average, 242 home runs and 1,039 RBIs in 2,019 games. After retiring he worked in the Brewers front office, eventually serving as the club's general manager from 1991 to 1999. He was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022, but he is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame member.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 250 | 4 | 34 | 117 | 55 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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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Related cards
More Sal Bando in this set: #556 A's Stars
More Oakland Athletics cards:
- #1 American League 1968 Batting Leaders
- #23 Lew Krausse
- #44 Danny Cater
- #68 Dave Duncan
- #105 Rick Monday
- #124 Hank Bauer
- #143 Joe Nossek
- #195 John Odom
- #217 John Donaldson
- #235 Jim Hunter
- #260 Reggie Jackson
- #281 Ted Kubiak
- #302 Jim Pagliaroni
- #334 Phil Roof
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #371 card?
It is card #371 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sal Bando 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.