1970 Cubs

Number of Cards

1970 Topps grew to a new high of 720 cards, of which 32 are Cubs players.

Card Dimensions

The standard-sized cards are the following dimensions: 2-1/2" by 3-1/2"

Basic Features

The front of these cards features a color player photograph with a thin white frame and a gray border. The players' team is located at the top, and the players' name (in script font) is located at the bottom, along with their position.

The backs are in horizontal format and include the now standard statistics, biographical data, and a cartoon.

Subsets include

• World Series Highlight (WS)
• Playoff cards (CS)
• Statistical Leaders (LL)
• All Star cards (AS)
• Multi-Player Rookie

1970 Topps Baseball marks the first Topps set since 1952 to not have a Mickey Mantle card in the set.

Released in 7 series

• series 1 (1-132)
• series 2 (133-263)
• series 3 (264-372)
• series 4 (373-459)
• series 5 (460-546)
• series 6 (547-633),
• series 7 (634-720)

Short Prints

The high series cards (634-720) are scarce and demand a premium.

1970 Chicago Cubs Topps Checklist

Number	Player
46	Ken Rudolph RC
63	NL RBI Leaders
69	NL Pitching Leaders
71	NL Strikeout Leaders
80	Don Kessinger
117	Don Young
170	Billy Williams
192	Jim Qualls
223	Nate Oliver
240	Ferguson Jenkins
258	Paul Popovich
265	Randy Hundley
291	Leo Durocher MG
318	Willie Smith
334	Phil Regan
375	Johnny Callison
405	Bill Hands
429	Rookie Stars
454	Ron Santo AS
456	Don Kessinger AS
480	Glenn Beckert
505	Ken Holtzman
541	Bill Heath
562	Ted Abernathy
593	Chicago Cubs TC
612	Jim Hickman
630	Ernie Banks
649	Jimmie Hall
654	Rookie Stars
670	Ron Santo
699	Hank Aguirre
714	Al Spangler