1970 Topps #201 A.L. Playoff Game 3 - Birds Wrap It Up!
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
Baltimore closed out the 1969 American League Championship Series on October 6 at Metropolitan Stadium with an 11-2 win over Minnesota, a sweep. Rich Reese's RBI single gave the Twins a first-inning lead off Jim Palmer, but Elrod Hendricks's two-run double put the Orioles ahead in the second, and Don Buford's RBI single made it 3-1 and ended Bob Miller's day after 1 2/3 innings. Paul Blair drove in two with a double in the fourth and two more with a home run in the eighth, then added another two-out double in the ninth. Frank Robinson had an RBI single in the sixth. Palmer pitched a scoreless ninth to finish. The pennant sent Baltimore to the World Series against the Mets. Topps issued the game as #201 in the 1970 Playoffs subset (#195-202), in the second series.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 262 | 3 | 42 | 127 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #201 card?
It is card #201 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, A.L. Playoff Game 3 - Birds Wrap It Up!. 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.
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.