1969 Topps #427 Tony Oliva
About this card
Cards #416-435 are the twenty Sporting News All-Stars, ten from each league - a catcher, the four infielders, three outfielders and two pitchers - with the National and American League picks alternating from #416; the run straddles the fourth and fifth series, and the backs assemble into two puzzle photos.
About Tony Oliva
The American League 1968 Batting Leaders card, #1, lines up Carl Yastrzemski, Danny Cater and Oliva, who missed second by a point at .289 in a year so owned by pitching that Yastrzemski's .301 was the league's only .300 average. He returns in the Sporting News All-Star run at #427. His own #600 is a seventh-series high number, deep in the high numbers, and covers a 128-game season that an injury ended 34 games early.
Tony Oliva came out of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, born Pedro Oliva, and reached the United States in the spring of 1961 carrying his brother Antonio's papers, which is how he became Tony; his given name, Pedro, followed him into print for years, though everyone called him Tony. He spent his whole major league career, 1962 through 1976, with the Minnesota Twins, first in right field and later as a designated hitter. After short callups in 1962 and 1963 he was a near-unanimous American League Rookie of the Year in 1964 and took the batting title in the same season, something no player had done before, while leading the league in hits, doubles, runs and total bases. He repeated as batting champion in 1965, when the Twins won the pennant, and won a third crown at .337 in 1971. A Gold Glove came in 1966, and he was an All-Star in each of his first eight full seasons. Knee, leg and shoulder trouble then took the rest: ten games in 1972, then four closing years as the Twins' designated hitter. He finished at .304 with 220 home runs and 947 RBI, coached in Minnesota, had his number 6 retired in 1991, and was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in December 2021 for the class of 2022.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 431 | 6 | 53 | 173 | 109 | 46 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
| SGC | 47 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 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 Tony Oliva in this set: #1 League Leaders, #600
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- #1 American League 1968 Batting Leaders
- #30 Bob Allison
- #56 Rich Reese
- #77 Ron Perranoski
- #99 Twins 1969 Rookie Stars
- #121 Joe Grzenda
- #146 Jim Perry
- #194 Ted Uhlaender
- #218 John Roseboro
- #242 Frank Kostro
- #265 Chico Cardenas
- #290 Jim Kaat
- #317 Bruce Look
- #336 Jim Roland
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #427 card?
It is card #427 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins. Cards #416-435 are the twenty Sporting News All-Stars, ten from each league - a catcher, the four infielders, three outfielders and two pitchers - with the National and American League picks alternating from #416; the run straddles the fourth and fifth series, and the backs assemble into two puzzle photos.
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.