1970 Topps #30 Matty Alou
About Matty Alou
Alou's 1970 season brought 201 hits and a .297 average over 155 games. He scored 97 runs, drove in 47 and stole 19 bases. Pittsburgh reached the NLCS, where Cincinnati swept the Pirates 3-0 and Alou went 3-for-12. Topps gave him two cards that year, both as a Pirate: #30 in the first series and #460 in the All-Stars subset.
Mateo Rojas Alou, always Matty on his Topps cards, signed with the New York Giants in the winter of 1956-57 out of San Cristobal province, Dominican Republic, the middle Alou brother between Felipe and Jesus. He debuted with the San Francisco Giants in September 1960 and spent six seasons there as a part-time outfielder before the Pirates acquired him in a trade on December 1, 1965. Pirates manager Harry Walker handed him a 38-ounce bat and rebuilt his stroke to stop pulling and slap the ball the other way. His average jumped from .231 to .342, and he won the 1966 National League batting title, edging his own brother Felipe. Four straight .330-plus seasons ran through 1969, with All-Star selections in 1968 and 1969. He played all 162 games in 1969 and led the majors with 698 at-bats, then a major league record and since surpassed. His 231 hits that year were the most by a National League batter since Joe Medwick in 1937. Alou earned a World Series ring with the 1972 Oakland Athletics, after losing the 1962 World Series with the Giants. He later played three seasons in Japan for the Taiheiyo Club Lions, then managed in the Dominican Professional Baseball League, and entered the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 199 | 1 | 21 | 101 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 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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Related cards
More Matty Alou in this set: #460 All-Stars
Team card: #608 Pittsburgh Pirates
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- #52 Bruce Dal Canton
- #61 1969 National League Batting Leaders
- #94 Fred Patek
- #110 Bob Moose
- #141 Pirates 1970 Rookie Stars
- #166 Al Oliver
- #188 Manny Sanguillen
- #216 Chuck Hartenstein
- #236 Bob Veale
- #264 Rich Hebner
- #322 Luke Walker
- #350 Roberto Clemente
- #372 Dave Giusti
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1970 Topps #30 card?
It is card #30 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Matty Alou of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.