1971 Topps #137 Marcelino Lopez
About Marcelino Lopez
Left-handed hitters batted .136 against Lopez in 1970, when he posted a 2.08 ERA in 25 games for Baltimore. He retired Bobby Tolan on a popup with two runners aboard in World Series Game 2. Second-series #137 was his 1971 Orioles card.
Marcelino Pons Lopez, a left-handed pitcher born in Havana, Cuba on September 23, 1943, signed with the Philadelphia Phillies ten days after his sixteenth birthday and reached the majors in 1963 as a hard-throwing teenager. He spent 1964 in the minors, and that October the Phillies sent him to the Los Angeles Angels as the player to be named later in the Vic Power deal. In 1965 he went 14-13 with a 2.93 ERA and finished second in American League Rookie of the Year voting. Arm trouble and control problems followed, and in June 1967 the Angels traded him to the Baltimore Orioles. Converted into a reliever, he pitched for the pennant-winning Orioles of 1969 and 1970 and helped Baltimore win the 1970 World Series, appearing once in each of those postseasons. He later pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians, finishing with a 31-40 record, a 3.62 ERA and 426 strikeouts across eight big-league seasons. He died in Hialeah, Florida in 2001 at 58.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 247 | 1 | 8 | 81 | 113 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 #137 card?
It is card #137 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Marcelino Lopez of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.