1970 Topps #63 1969 National League RBI Leaders - Willie McCovey / Ron Santo / Tony Perez
On this card: Willie McCovey, Ron Santo, Tony Perez
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
Three National League sluggers share card #63, the 1969 RBI board: Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants with 126, Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs with 123 and Tony Perez of the Cincinnati Reds with 122. McCovey added 45 home runs and a .320 average on the way to the league MVP award, and pitchers walked him intentionally 45 times, a record. Santo's 123 was a career high for the Cubs third baseman, on a club that spent 155 days in first place before the Mets overtook it. Perez hit 37 home runs, and the Reds, under new manager Sparky Anderson, stood 70-30 after 100 games the next summer. The card belongs to the League Leaders subset in the first series of 1970 Topps.
Giants slugger Willie McCovey hit the final ball of the 1962 World Series: a line drive caught by Bobby Richardson, with San Francisco trailing 1-0 and runners at second and third in the ninth inning. Ron Santo played third base for the Chicago Cubs through the 1960s, a nine-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner who hid his diabetes for years, later called Cubs games on the radio, and reached the Hall of Fame in 2012. Tony Perez went from a Cuban sugar mill team to 23 major-league seasons and 1,652 RBI. The seven-time All-Star played first and third base for Cincinnati, later managed the Reds and Marlins, and entered the Hall of Fame in 2000.
Sources: Wikipedia (Willie McCovey) · Wikipedia (Ron Santo) · SABR BioProject (Willie Mccovey) · SABR BioProject (Ron Santo) · SABR BioProject (Tony Perez) · National Baseball Hall of Fame (1) · National Baseball Hall of Fame (2) · Baseball Almanac (Ron Santo) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 557 | 3 | 26 | 164 | 144 | 73 | 62 | 82 | 3 |
| SGC | 96 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 0 |
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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Team cards: #696 San Francisco Giants, #593 Chicago Cubs, #544 Cincinnati Reds
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- #65 1969 National League Home Run Leaders
- #67 1969 National League ERA Leaders
- #69 1969 National League Pitching Leaders
More Chicago Cubs cards:
- #46 Ken Rudolph
- #69 1969 National League Pitching Leaders
- #71 1969 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #80 Don Kessinger
- #117 Don Young
- #170 Billy Williams
More Cincinnati Reds cards:
- #3 Darrel Chaney
- #22 Ray Washburn
- #36 Reds 1970 Rookie Stars
- #61 1969 National League Batting Leaders
- #65 1969 National League Home Run Leaders
- #73 Wayne Granger
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1970 Topps #63 card?
It is card #63 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Willie McCovey, Ron Santo and Tony Perez. 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.