1969 Topps #471 Ted Savage
About Ted Savage
The 1969 Topps #471 belongs to the set's fifth print series and pictures Savage as a Los Angeles Dodger, a club he had already left. Los Angeles traded him to the Cincinnati Reds for Jimmie Schaffer just before the 1969 season opened, so the card was out of date before the first pitch. With the Reds he worked mostly off the bench, 68 games and 35 pinch-hitting appearances, batting .227 with two home runs and 11 RBI. The card also turns up in two collectible states that a buyer should sort before paying: 471a carries his last name in yellow lettering, 471b in white.
Ted Savage was a right-handed hitting outfielder from Venice, Illinois, just across the Mississippi from St. Louis, who starred in baseball, football and basketball at East St. Louis's Lincoln High before attending Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. After three years in the US Army he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies organization in 1960, and in 1961 he won the International League batting title and Most Valuable Player award at Buffalo, hitting .325 with 24 home runs, 31 stolen bases and 111 runs scored. He reached the majors in 1962 and played nine seasons for eight clubs: the Phillies, Pirates, Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers, Reds, Brewers and Royals. Used mostly in a platoon or reserve outfield role and slowed at times by injuries, he had his best year in 1970 with Milwaukee, batting .279 with 12 home runs and 50 RBI. He finished with a .233 average, 34 home runs and 163 RBI in 642 games. Afterward Savage earned a doctorate in urban studies from Saint Louis University, spent nine years as athletic director at Harris-Stowe State University, and put in 25 years with the St. Louis Cardinals' community relations department. Buffalo's team hall of fame elected him in 2016, and he died in St. Louis in January 2023.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Print variations
Two states of #471 are tracked individually: 471a - Last Name In Yellow and 471b - Last Name In White. The difference is on the front of the card (name color).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry and the Trading Card Database; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 471a - Last Name In Yellow | |||||||||
| PSA | 227 | 2 | 39 | 105 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 471b - Last Name In White | |||||||||
| PSA | 175 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 52 | 36 | 25 | 22 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #471 card?
It is card #471 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ted Savage of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Does 1969 Topps #471 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 471a - Last Name In Yellow (Last name printed in yellow lettering) and 471b - Last Name In White (Last name printed in white lettering). Owning any one of them fills the #471 slot; the master set counts each state.
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.