1972 Topps #90 1971 A.L. Home Run Leaders - Bill Melton / Norm Cash / Reggie Jackson
On this card: Bill Melton, Norm Cash, Reggie Jackson
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
Three men were level at 30 home runs on September 23, 1971, and 1972 Topps #90 prints the finish. Bill Melton of the White Sox won the American League title with 33, the first home run crown in White Sox history. He hit two on September 29 and the 33rd off Milwaukee's Bill Parsons on the last day. Norm Cash of the Tigers, who hit two at Cleveland on September 28, and Reggie Jackson of the Athletics each ended at 32. The card sits in the League Leaders run at #85-96 in the first series of 1972 Topps.
Bill Melton - Slugging third baseman who led the American League in home runs in 1971, made that year's All-Star team and set the White Sox single-season home run record the year before. Norm Cash, "Stormin' Norman," held down first base in Detroit for fifteen seasons, won the 1961 American League batting title at .361, made four All-Star teams and helped the Tigers win the 1968 World Series, finishing with 377 home runs. Oakland outfielder Reggie Jackson attended Arizona State on a football scholarship. He played summer baseball for Walter Youse's amateur team in Baltimore before taking over Arizona State's center-field job from Rick Monday.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bill Melton) · Wikipedia (Norm Cash) · SABR BioProject (Bill Melton) · SABR BioProject (Norm Cash) · SABR BioProject (Reggie Jackson) · National Baseball Hall of Fame (1) · National Baseball Hall of Fame (2) · Baseball Almanac (Norm Cash) · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 832 | 16 | 133 | 330 | 170 | 78 | 42 | 63 | 0 |
| SGC | 94 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
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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More Oakland Athletics cards:
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1972 Topps #90 card?
It is card #90 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Melton, Norm Cash and Reggie Jackson. 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.