1970 Topps #349 Steve Hamilton
About Steve Hamilton
Hamilton appears on #349, a third-series card, with the Yankees. In 1969 the 6-foot-6 left-hander made 38 appearances, every one in relief. He went 3-4 with a 3.32 ERA. He saved two games and struck out 39 in 57 innings. In 1970 he pitched in 38 games, went 4-3 with a 2.98 ERA and three saves, and finished the season with the Chicago White Sox.
Steve Hamilton was born November 30, 1934, in Columbia, Kentucky, and died in Morehead, Kentucky, on December 2, 1997. A 1957 basketball All-American at Morehead State, he went to the Minneapolis Lakers eighth overall, in the second round of the 1958 NBA draft. He played two NBA seasons and lost the 1959 Finals to Boston. He pitched twelve major league seasons, 1961-1972, for Cleveland, Washington, the Yankees, the White Sox, San Francisco and the Cubs, chiefly as a left-handed Yankee reliever from 1963 through 1970. He finished 40-31 with a 3.05 ERA and 42 saves and worked the 1963 and 1964 World Series. Late in his career he threw the 'Folly Floater,' a high, slow lob in the tradition of Rip Sewell's eephus. He is one of only two men to play in both a World Series and an NBA Finals; Gene Conley is the other. He coached for the Detroit Tigers in 1975, then became Morehead State's baseball coach and served as the school's athletic director until his death. Morehead State's athletics hall of fame took him in 1985, and he is a Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame member as well.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 254 | 9 | 53 | 147 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 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 #349 card?
It is card #349 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Steve Hamilton of the New York Yankees.
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.