1971 Topps #699 Jim Britton
About Jim Britton
Jim Britton returned to the majors with the Montreal Expos in 1971. He made 16 appearances, six of them starts. His record was 2-3 with a 5.72 ERA over 45 2/3 innings. Card #699 belongs to the sixth print series and shows him with the Expos.
Jim Britton was a right-handed pitcher from North Tonawanda, New York, standing 6 ft 5 in and 225 lb. He turned down a football scholarship to Penn State and signed as an amateur free agent with the Baltimore Orioles in 1961, then was taken by the Atlanta Braves in the first-year draft in November 1962. Britton reached the majors with Atlanta on September 20, 1967, and in that debut he surrendered a three-run home run to Johnny Bench, the first of Bench's career. In 1968 he worked 34 games for Atlanta with a 3.10 ERA. Traded to the Montreal Expos in December 1969 along with a minor leaguer for pitcher Larry Jaster, he lost the following season to arm trouble and pitched his last major league game on September 25, 1971. Over four seasons he went 13-16 with a 4.03 ERA across 76 games. After baseball he became a special agent with the FBI.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 590 | 0 | 18 | 269 | 236 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 36 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
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 #699 card?
It is card #699 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Britton of the Montreal Expos.
Why is #699 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the sixth and last print series, #644-752 - the scarce end of the set. Some of its cards were printed in larger numbers than others, so scarcity varies card by card inside the run.
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.