1970 Topps reverse side

Although card backs are rarely mentioned, the back can be highly fascinating. By offering facts that people might not be aware of, they complete a picture. A treasure trove of interesting, amusing, and practical information on baseball trivia. Children and adults both enjoyed the cartoons on the back. Some of them featured tests on baseball's history or regulations.

Number of Cards

1970 Topps grew to a new high of 720 cards

Size of Cards

Standard size , which measure 2½” by 3½”.

Basic Features

The front of these cards feature 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 his position.

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

Subsets:

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

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 Topps Fronts

Chicago Cubs 1970 Topps Checklist

Number	Player
46	Ken Rudolph RC
63	NL RBI Leaders Ron Santo
69	NL Pitching Leaders Fergie Jenkins
71	NL Strikeout Leaders Fergie Jenkins
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 Bobb/Cosman RC
454	Ron Santo AS
456	Don Kessinger AS
480	Glenn Beckert
505	Ken Henderson
541	Bill Heath
562	Ted Abernathy
593	Chicago Cubs Team
612	Jim Hickman
630	Ernie Banks
649	Jimmie Hall
654	Rookie Stars Boots Day RC
670	Ron Santo
699	Hank Aguirre
714	Al Spangler

1969 Topps reverse side

Although card backs are rarely mentioned, the back can be highly fascinating. By offering facts that people might not be aware of, they complete a picture. A treasure trove of interesting, amusing, and practical information on baseball trivia. Children and adults both enjoyed the cartoons on the back. Some of them featured tests on baseball's history or regulations.

Number of Cards

1969 Topps grew to a new high of 664 cards

Size of Cards

Standard size , which measure 2½” by 3½”.

Basic Features

The front of these cards contain a color photograph of the player with the players team listed along the bottom and the players name and position inside a colored circle located at the top.

The backs returned to the horizontal format with the standard statistical and bigraphical information with a cartoon.

Subsets:

Multi-Player (MP)
statistical leaders (LL)
Checklist cards (CL)
World Series Highlight (WS)

Released in 7 series

Series 1 (1-109)
Series 2 (110-218)
Series 3 (219-327)
Series 4 (328-425)
Series 5 (426-512)
Series 6 (513-588)
Series 7 (589-664)

Short Prints

The high number series (589-664) is slightly more expensive to collect

1969 Topps Fronts

Chicago Cubs 1969 Topps Checklist

Number	Player
4	NL RBI Leaders Santo/Williams
6	NL Home Run Leaders Ernie Banks
10	NL Pitching Leaders Fergie Jenkins
12	NL Strikeout Leaders Fergie Jenkins
20	Ernie Banks
43	Joe Niekro
63	Jim Hickman
88	Rich Nye
115	Bill Hands
147	Leo Durocher MG
171	Glenn Beckert
198	Willie Smith
225	Don Kessinger
247	Gene Oliver
268	Al Spangler
288	Ken Holtzman
312	Lee Elia
347	Randy Hundley
372	Adolfo Phillips
404	Rookie Stars LaRose/Ross RC
420	Ron Santo AS
422	Don Kessinger AS
450	Billy Williams
483	Ted Abernathy
535	Phil Regan
538	Charlie Smith
570	Ron Santo
593	Don Nottebart
602	Rookie Stars Distaso/Young/Qualls RC
640	Ferguson Jenkins