1971 Topps #269 Gail Hopkins
About Gail Hopkins
The October 13, 1970 trade sent Hopkins and John Matias to the Royals for Pat Kelly and Don O'Riley. In his first Kansas City season he hit .278 in 103 games, with 9 home runs and 47 RBI. Card #269 comes from the third series and shows him with the Royals.
Gail Hopkins was a left-handed-hitting first baseman and catcher who played 514 major league games from 1968 to 1974 for the White Sox, Royals and Dodgers. A catcher at Pepperdine, he was an All-American in 1963 and became the first Pepperdine baseball player to reach the majors. He played for the Edmonton Oilers of the Western Canadian Baseball League in 1964 before signing with Chicago. He was known as a hard man to strike out, with one of the lowest strikeout-to-at-bat ratios of his time. After the majors he played in Japan from 1975 to 1977 for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Nankai Hawks, setting a Carp home run record with 33 in 1975 and batting .329 in 1976, when he played in the Japanese All-Star game. He then left baseball for medicine, earned an M.D. at Rush Medical College and practiced orthopedic surgery in California, Illinois and West Virginia.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 245 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 86 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 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 1971 Topps #269 card?
It is card #269 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gail Hopkins of the Kansas City Royals.
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.