1972 Topps #254 Boots Day
About Boots Day
In 1972 Day hit .233 in 128 games for the Expos, with no home runs and 30 RBIs, though he was second in the league in double plays turned by a center fielder. Card #254, a second-series issue, is printed with the Montreal Expos.
Boots Day was a left-handed-hitting outfielder who played parts of six seasons, 1969 to 1974, for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Montreal Expos, most of it as the Expos' platoon center fielder. The Cardinals signed him out of Ilion, New York, where his elementary school principal was their regional scout. St. Louis traded him to the Cubs for Rich Nye in December 1969, and Chicago sent him to Montreal for catcher Jack Hiatt in May 1970. He played 471 major league games, 449 of them with the Expos, and hit .256 with eight home runs and 98 RBIs. He played in the minors through 1980 and spent 55 years in professional baseball. His work as a manager, scout and hitting coach included a stint as Cardinals assistant coach under Tony La Russa and, through 2021, bench coach of the Evansville Otters. He is in the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame, the Mohawk Valley Baseball Hall of Fame and the Ilion High School Alumni Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 300 | 10 | 101 | 149 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1972 Topps #254 card?
It is card #254 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Boots Day of the Montreal Expos.
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.