1970 Topps #199 A.L. Playoff Game 1 - Orioles Win a Squeaker!
Uncorrected error: The front misspells "Squeaker" as "Squeeker".
About this card
Cards #195-202 cover the 1969 league playoffs: #195-198 the National League series won by the New York Mets and #199-202 the American League series won by the Baltimore Orioles. The six World Series cards, #305-310, follow later in the set.
The story on this card
Game 1 of the 1969 American League Championship Series, played October 4 at Memorial Stadium, ran 12 innings and 3:29 before Baltimore beat Minnesota 4-3 on a bunt. Mike Cuellar and Jim Perry started. Frank Robinson homered in the fourth, Mark Belanger answered the Twins' tying run in the fifth with a homer of his own, and Tony Oliva's two-run shot in the seventh put Minnesota up 3-2. Boog Powell tied it with a ninth-inning home run over the right-field fence. With two out in the 12th and Belanger on third, Paul Blair bunted toward third on his own, and neither Harmon Killebrew nor catcher John Roseboro could make the play. Dick Hall got the win and Ron Perranoski took the loss. Topps ran the game as #199 in the 1970 Playoffs subset (#195-202), in the second series, with "Squeeker" misspelled on the front.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 246 | 2 | 37 | 115 | 57 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1970 Topps #199 card?
It is card #199 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, A.L. Playoff Game 1 - Orioles Win a Squeaker!. Cards #195-202 cover the 1969 league playoffs: #195-198 the National League series won by the New York Mets and #199-202 the American League series won by the Baltimore Orioles. The six World Series cards, #305-310, follow later in the set.
Does 1970 Topps #199 have an error?
The front misspells "Squeaker" as "Squeeker". It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #199 reads the same way.
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.