1969 Topps #407 Tom Egan
About Tom Egan
The 1969 set gives Egan #407 in its fourth series, the back reporting a 1968 of 16 games and a .116 average brightened by the first home run of his career. That season he finally caught regularly for California, 46 games with five homers and 16 RBI, and then it stopped on August 11 at Tiger Stadium. He homered off Detroit's Earl Wilson in the second inning, was hit by a Wilson pitch later in the same game, left for a pinch-runner and did not appear again in 1969.
Thomas Patrick Egan was a 6-foot-4 catcher out of El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, California, who signed with the Angels for a $100,000 bonus in 1964. He was 18 when he debuted on May 27, 1965, striking out against Ron Kline to end a loss in Washington. Egan caught for the Los Angeles and California Angels (1965-1970, 1974-1975) and the Chicago White Sox (1971-1972): 373 games over ten major league seasons, a .200 average with 22 home runs and 91 RBI. A November 1970 trade sent him to Chicago with Jay Johnstone and Tom Bradley, and 1971 became his fullest year: 85 games, 10 homers, 34 RBI. California reclaimed him in the December 1973 Rule 5 draft, and on September 28, 1974 he caught Nolan Ryan's third no-hitter, a 15-strikeout game against Minnesota that ended with Ryan walking Harmon Killebrew and fanning Eric Soderholm. Egan played his last game on June 15, 1975 and was released by the Angels that year.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 238 | 3 | 63 | 128 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 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 #407 card?
It is card #407 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tom Egan of the California Angels.
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.