1971 Topps #521 Leron Lee
About Leron Lee
On June 11, 1971, the Cardinals traded Lee to the San Diego Padres. Between the two clubs he hit .264 with 5 home runs in 104 games, and in San Diego he had a game with three hits including two doubles against Cincinnati. His #521 appears in the fourth series, with St. Louis.
Leron Lee was a left-handed-hitting outfielder who played eight major league seasons, 1969 to 1976, for the Cardinals, Padres, Indians and Dodgers, hitting .250 with 31 home runs in 614 games. The oldest of six children, he graduated from Grant High School in Sacramento with 36 football scholarship offers and instead signed with St. Louis. After the Dodgers he moved to Japan and played eleven seasons for the Lotte Orions, 1977 to 1987. There he was a four-time All-Star and four-time Best Nine winner, led the league in home runs and RBI in his first season and won the 1980 batting title. He held the Japanese career batting average record among players with more than 4,000 at-bats until Norichika Aoki passed him in 2018. His younger brother Leon joined him in Japan in 1978, and Leon's son Derrek Lee reached the majors. Leron later served as Oakland's batting coach in 1989, the year the Athletics won the World Series.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 440 | 0 | 14 | 242 | 144 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 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 1971 Topps #521 card?
It is card #521 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Leron Lee of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.