1970 Topps #422 Kansas City Royals
Hall of Famers on the 1969 Kansas City Royals roster: Joe Gordon.
About this card
This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club, and every club also has a manager card of its own.
The story on this card
1970 Topps #422 is the Royals team card, from the fourth series. Kansas City opened 1969 as an expansion club, created after Charles Finley moved the Athletics to Oakland and Senator Stuart Symington threatened to have baseball's antitrust exemption revoked. Ewing Kauffman received the franchise on January 11, 1968, and hired Cedric Tallis as general manager. Joe Gordon managed the team at Municipal Stadium, where it drew 902,414 fans. The Royals played their first game there on April 8 and finished 69-93 with one tie, fourth in the new American League West. They scored 586 runs and allowed 688. Lou Piniella was the American League Rookie of the Year. Paul Splittorff, a 25th-round pick in the 1968 draft, later won 166 games for the club.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 483 | 25 | 133 | 259 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 28 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 #422 card?
It is card #422 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Kansas City Royals. This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club, and every club also has a manager card of its own.
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.