1970 Topps #443 Al Jackson
About Al Jackson
Jackson's last game as a 1969 Met came May 22 at Atlanta, where he relieved Cal Koonce in the seventh inning with the Braves up 10-0 and left with New York trailing 14-0. The Mets were 1-8 in games he pitched. He finished the year with the third-place Reds and drew a World Series share of $203.97; a full Mets share came to $18,338.18. His Reds card, #443, came in the fourth series.
Alvin Neill Jackson, born December 26, 1935 in Waco, Texas, was a 5-foot-10 left-hander who pitched ten major league seasons between 1959 and 1969 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. The 13th of 13 children, he attended Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, and signed with Pittsburgh in 1955, but the Pirates used him in eight games in 1959 and three in 1961 and left him unprotected for the National League expansion draft of October 1961. The Mets took him 22nd overall, and he started the third game in franchise history; his 43 Mets wins stood as the club record until Tom Seaver passed the mark in 1969. Two seasons in St. Louis brought his best year, 1966, and a World Series ring, after which he returned to New York. He finished 67-99 with a 3.98 ERA and 738 strikeouts. He completed 54 games and threw 14 shutouts. Jackson later coached for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Mets and spent decades instructing pitchers in the Mets organization. He died in 2019 at 83 and was honored posthumously in 2021 with the Mets Hall of Fame Achievement Award.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 221 | 3 | 31 | 147 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 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 #443 card?
It is card #443 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Jackson of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.