1971 Topps #69 1970 American League Pitching Leaders - Mike Cuellar / Dave McNally / Jim Perry
On this card: Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally, Jim Perry
About this card
Cards #61-72 are the twelve League Leaders cards on the 1970 season - batting, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and three of the leaders on each card.
The story on this card
Three pitchers shared the 1970 American League wins title at 24, and card #69 in the 1971 Topps League Leaders subset lists them together. Mike Cuellar went 24-8 and Dave McNally 24-9 for the Orioles, who won 108 games and took the AL East by 15 games. Jim Perry went 24-12 for the Twins. Baltimore swept Minnesota in the ALCS, and in Game 1 Cuellar hit a grand slam off Perry. The Orioles then beat the Reds in five games in the World Series, with McNally hitting a grand slam of his own in Game 3. Perry won the AL Cy Young Award that year.
Mike Cuellar - Cuban left-hander who spent years in the minors before a screwball turned his career around in 1964, then won 20 or more games four times for Baltimore, shared the 1969 Cy Young Award and helped the Orioles win the 1970 World Series. Dave McNally was a Baltimore left-hander, a three-time All-Star who won 20 games in four straight seasons from 1968 through 1971, shut out the Dodgers to clinch the 1966 World Series, and lent his name to the 1975 ruling that broke the reserve clause. Cleveland right-hander Jim Perry struck out 4 Yankees in 2 scoreless relief innings on May 12, 1959, protecting a 7-6 lead. His strikeout victims included Mickey Mantle and Elston Howard.
Sources: Wikipedia (Mike Cuellar) · Wikipedia (Dave McNally) · Wikipedia (Jim Perry) · SABR BioProject (Mike Cuellar) · SABR BioProject (Dave Mcnally) · SABR BioProject (Jim Perry) · Baseball Almanac (Dave McNally) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 355 | 0 | 9 | 136 | 133 | 42 | 20 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
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
Team cards: #1 1970 World Champions (Baltimore Orioles), #522 Minnesota Twins
More Baltimore Orioles cards:
- #29 Don Buford
- #53 Paul Blair
- #63 1970 American League RBI Leaders
- #67 1970 American League ERA Leaders
- #99 Mark Belanger
- #122 Eddie Watt
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #7 Jim Holt
- #26 Bert Blyleven
- #61 1970 American League Batting Leaders
- #65 1970 American League Home Run Leaders
- #74 Twins 1971 Rookie Stars
- #95 Luis Tiant
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #69 card?
It is card #69 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally and Jim Perry. Cards #61-72 are the twelve League Leaders cards on the 1970 season - batting, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and three of the leaders on each card.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), 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.