Wow, I never knew that Topps issued a 10 cent pack in 1969-- I'm glad I opened this thread. 1970 was the first year the pack price went up to a dime where I grew up. I assume those packs are wax? Anyone got a wrapper? All I can say on that topic is that the deckles were also marketed in boxes different than the one shown, since we had them by the droves and again, packs were a nickel (although the box design appears to be the same otherwise as I recall).
As for the OP, you are missing Luis Aparicio and the two variations as Al said--extra #11 Jim Wynn and extra #22 Joe Foy. Topps wanted every team represented with a deckle, and you will notice that the four expansion teams were going to be represented by the guys with airbrushed caps (actually Harrelson has an airbrushed Boston "B" too, although he's donning an obvious KC A's uniform). Hoyt Wilhelm was going to represent the Royals, as he was selected by them in the expansion draft; however, he was traded after the deckles were printed, so Topps later replaced him with former Red Sox now Royal Joe Foy. Similarly, Rusty Staub was going to be the Astros rep with Maury Wills as an Expo, but Staub was traded to Montreal, leaving Houston without a deckled player and thus leading to a card for Jimmy Wynn. As you can see from the way you have the cards displayed, they were numbered in city alphabetical order starting in the AL--Baltimore, Boston, etc. through the NL ending in SF. Oddly enough, despite having to replace just two cards, Topps still mis-numbered the replacements--Foy should have been #11 with the Royals and Wynn #22 with the Astros.
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