1970 Topps #187 Mike Hedlund
About Mike Hedlund
Mike Hedlund appeared in 34 games for the 1969 Royals, starting 16 and working 125 innings. He struck out 74, completed one game and saved two. He batted .152 with a stolen base in 33 at-bats. Card #187, a second-series issue, shows him in a Royals uniform. Cleveland had used him in six games in 1965 and three in 1968.
Mike Hedlund was a right-handed pitcher from Dallas, Texas, who signed with the Cleveland Indians out of Arlington High School and reached the majors at eighteen. He pitched six seasons in the American League, briefly with Cleveland in 1965 and 1968 before Kansas City selected him in the 1968 expansion draft. With the Royals he worked as both a starter and reliever, his best stretch coming in 1971 when he went 15-8 with a 2.71 ERA, the league's fourth-best mark, as part of a young rotation alongside Dick Drago and Paul Splittorff. Between seasons he pitched winter ball in Venezuela, where he set a league record with 53 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run, and he later traveled to Vietnam on a hospital tour with a group of major leaguers. Cleveland reacquired him for Kurt Bevacqua after the 1972 season, and he spent 1973 with the Triple-A Oklahoma City 89ers, going 7-8 with a 4.44 ERA.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 224 | 7 | 44 | 144 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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 1970 Topps #187 card?
It is card #187 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mike Hedlund of the Kansas City Royals.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, 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.