1972 Topps #92 1971 A.L. E.R.A. Leaders - Vida Blue / Wilbur Wood / Jim Palmer
On this card: Vida Blue, Wilbur Wood, Jim Palmer
About this card
Cards #85-96 are the twelve League Leaders cards: the 1971 leaders in batting, runs batted in, home runs, earned run average, pitching and strikeouts, one card per league in each category with the National League card first, and three or four players on each card (#93 names four).
The story on this card
Vida Blue's 1.82 ERA led the 1971 American League, and #92 lists him ahead of Wilbur Wood of the White Sox at 1.91 and Jim Palmer of the Orioles at 2.68. Blue went 24-8 with 301 strikeouts and 8 shutouts and won both the Cy Young Award and the MVP. Wood, a reliever from 1967 through 1970, went 22-13 in 334 innings as a knuckleball starter. Palmer was 20-9 in 282 innings for a Baltimore rotation that had four 20-game winners.
Vida Blue was a hard-throwing left-hander who won the 1971 American League Cy Young Award and MVP Award with Oakland, pitched for three straight World Series winners from 1972 to 1974, and finished 209-161 with the Athletics, Giants and Royals. Hoyt Wilhelm helped Wilbur Wood make the knuckleball his primary pitch with the White Sox. Wood set a major league record with 88 pitching appearances in 1968, including 2 starts. Jim Palmer was Baltimore's ace right-hander, a three-time Cy Young winner and four-time Gold Glover who worked on three World Series champions, beat Sandy Koufax in Koufax's final appearance, and reached the Hall of Fame in 1990.
Sources: Wikipedia (Vida Blue) · Wikipedia (Wilbur Wood) · Wikipedia (Jim Palmer) · SABR BioProject (Vida Blue) · SABR BioProject (Wilbur Wood) · SABR BioProject (Jim Palmer) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 509 | 6 | 113 | 224 | 74 | 38 | 24 | 30 | 0 |
| SGC | 37 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 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 1972 Topps #92 card?
It is card #92 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Vida Blue, Wilbur Wood and Jim Palmer. Cards #85-96 are the twelve League Leaders cards: the 1971 leaders in batting, runs batted in, home runs, earned run average, pitching and strikeouts, one card per league in each category with the National League card first, and three or four players on each card (#93 names four).
How many cards are in the 1972 Topps Baseball set?
787 cards, tracked as 794 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 787 with none skipped, in six print series (#1-132, #133-263, #264-394, #395-525, #526-656 and #657-787, the high numbers); 7 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - four Chicago Cubs cards with yellow or green under the "C" and "S" of the team name, the #251 and #478 checklists with smaller or larger print on the front, and the #604 checklist with its copyright line aligned right or left.
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.