1969 Topps #281 Ted Kubiak
About Ted Kubiak
By 1969, Kubiak had become Oakland's primary backup infielder, splitting starts between shortstop and second base as Campaneris and Dick Green traded time off, and posting a .249 average with career-high totals in games and hits to that point. Card number 281 in the 1969 Topps set's third print series pictures him with the Athletics; his rookie card had appeared the year before.
Ted Kubiak was a light-hitting, glove-first infielder who spent ten major league seasons, 1967 to 1976, with the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, and San Diego Padres. Signed by Kansas City in 1960 out of Highland Park, New Jersey, he spent six years in the minors before debuting in 1967. He played shortstop, second base, and third base, filling in wherever a regular went down, and teammate Tony La Russa later called him the most valuable player on Oakland's early-1970s club for that versatility. Kubiak hit .231 with 13 home runs across 977 career games but helped the Athletics win the 1972 and 1973 World Series. His best offensive season came in 1970 with Milwaukee, where he set career highs in games, average, and RBIs. After retiring as a player in 1977, he returned to baseball in 1989 as a minor league manager and later a defensive instructor in the Cleveland organization.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 287 | 0 | 26 | 166 | 72 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 #281 card?
It is card #281 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ted Kubiak 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.