1970 Topps #70 1969 American League Pitching Leaders - Denny McLain / Mike Cuellar / Dave Boswell / Dave McNally / Jim Perry / Mel Stottlemyre
On this card: Denny McLain, Mike Cuellar, Dave Boswell, Dave McNally, Jim Perry, Mel Stottlemyre
About this card
Cards #61-72 are the League Leaders subset: the 1969 batting, RBI, home run, ERA, pitching and strikeout leaders, National League on the odd numbers and American League on the even, with three players to a card on ten of them, four on #69 and six on #70.
The story on this card
Denny McLain of the Tigers topped the 1969 American League with 24 wins, one ahead of Baltimore's Mike Cuellar at 23. The two shared that year's Cy Young Award after a tie in the voting, the first time the award was split. Four more pitchers reached 20 wins: Baltimore's Dave McNally (20-7), Minnesota's Dave Boswell and Jim Perry, and the Yankees' Mel Stottlemyre. Boswell's 20 was the only 20-win season of his career. Topps #70 is the American League wins board in the League Leaders subset, printed in the first series of the 1970 set.
Denny McLain, Detroit's outspoken right-hander, went 31-6 with a 1.96 ERA in 1968 to become the last 30-game winner in the majors, taking both the American League Cy Young Award and the MVP. Mike Cuellar - Cuban left-hander who spent years in the minors before a screwball turned his career around in 1964, then won 20 or more games four times for Baltimore, shared the 1969 Cy Young Award and helped the Orioles win the 1970 World Series. Dave Boswell - a hard-throwing Twins right-hander who won 20 games in 1969 and led the AL in winning percentage in 1966, before a 1969 ALCS arm injury cut his career short. Dave McNally was a Baltimore left-hander, a three-time All-Star who won 20 games in four straight seasons from 1968 through 1971, shut out the Dodgers to clinch the 1966 World Series, and lent his name to the 1975 ruling that broke the reserve clause. Cleveland right-hander Jim Perry struck out 4 Yankees in 2 scoreless relief innings on May 12, 1959, protecting a 7-6 lead. His strikeout victims included Mickey Mantle and Elston Howard. Mel Stottlemyre - Yankees sinkerballer from 1964 to 1974 who won 20 games three times, made five All-Star teams and threw 40 shutouts, then coached pitchers for 23 seasons in the majors and won five World Series rings.
Sources: Wikipedia (Denny McLain) · Wikipedia (Mike Cuellar) · Wikipedia (Dave Boswell) · Wikipedia (Dave McNally) · Wikipedia (Jim Perry) · Wikipedia (Mel Stottlemyre) · SABR BioProject (Mike Cuellar) · SABR BioProject (Dave Boswell) · SABR BioProject (Dave Mcnally) · SABR BioProject (Jim Perry) · SABR BioProject (Mel Stottlemyre) · Baseball Almanac (Dave McNally) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 445 | 2 | 36 | 168 | 125 | 55 | 31 | 27 | 1 |
| SGC | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. 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 1970 Topps #70 card?
It is card #70 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Denny McLain, Mike Cuellar, Dave Boswell, Dave McNally, Jim Perry and Mel Stottlemyre. Cards #61-72 are the League Leaders subset: the 1969 batting, RBI, home run, ERA, pitching and strikeout leaders, National League on the odd numbers and American League on the even, with three players to a card on ten of them, four on #69 and six on #70.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-25.