1972 Topps #94 1971 A.L. Pitching Leaders - Mickey Lolich / Vida Blue / Wilbur Wood
On this card: Mickey Lolich, Vida Blue, Wilbur Wood
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 left-handers share #94, the 1971 American League pitching leaders card. Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers led the league in wins at 25-14, over 376 innings with 29 complete games. Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics followed at 24-8 with a league-best 1.82 ERA and 8 shutouts, and edged Lolich for the Cy Young Award. Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox won 22 with a 1.91 ERA. He started 42 of his 44 games and threw 334 innings. Topps ran the card in the League Leaders subset (#85-96) of its 1972 first series, with the three men printed in the order Tigers, Athletics, White Sox.
Mickey Lolich pitched 13 seasons for Detroit and won three complete games in the 1968 World Series. His Game 7 victory over Bob Gibson secured the championship and the Series MVP award. 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.
Sources: Wikipedia (Mickey Lolich) · Wikipedia (Vida Blue) · Wikipedia (Wilbur Wood) · SABR BioProject (Mickey Lolich) · SABR BioProject (Vida Blue) · SABR BioProject (Wilbur Wood) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 363 | 3 | 39 | 160 | 80 | 41 | 17 | 22 | 1 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 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 #94 card?
It is card #94 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mickey Lolich, Vida Blue and Wilbur Wood. 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.