1969 Topps #78 Tom Satriano
About Tom Satriano
Card #78 turns up early, in the 1969 set's first series, and it followed the best year of Satriano's career. He hit .253 in 111 games for the California Angels in 1968, and his 28 runners thrown out stealing placed him among the American League leaders. On April 27 his two-out single in the seventh broke up a Catfish Hunter no-hit bid; on August 11 he tied the franchise record with five hits in an 11-1 rout of Baltimore; and on August 30, back from a hairline fracture of his left thumb, he and Bobby Knoop homered off Hunter on consecutive pitches.
Tom Satriano was born August 28, 1940, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Los Angeles, starring at Loyola High School before enrolling at the University of Southern California. He was an All-American third baseman in 1960 and set an NCAA record with 10 hits in the five-game title series of the Trojans' 1961 championship run. He signed with the expansion Los Angeles Angels in July 1961 for a $50,000 bonus and debuted July 23. Sent to Nashville in 1963 to try catching, he made his major-league catching debut that September and worked 321 of his 674 games behind the plate. His best year was 1968, when he set career highs in hits, home runs and RBI and was voted the Angels' Most Valuable Player. A June 1969 trade for Joe Azcue sent him to Boston, where he closed a ten-year career with a .225 average, 21 home runs and 157 RBI. Known as 'Satch' and 'Tommy Trojan,' he later ran the consulting firm Satriano and Hilton for 25 years.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 195 | 1 | 6 | 68 | 66 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 #78 card?
It is card #78 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tom Satriano 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.