1972 Topps #621 Commissioners Award
About this card
Cards #621-626 are the six Awards cards, which picture trophies, not players: the Commissioner's Award, Most Valuable Player Award, Cy Young Award, Minor League Player of the Year Award, Rookie of the Year Award and Babe Ruth Award.
The story on this card
The Commissioners Award trophy is part of the Awards group in the 1972 Topps set, #621 through #626, a group that Topps introduced that year alongside Boyhood Photos, In Action cards and Traded cards. Card #621 pictures the trophy alone. The 1971 Commissioner's Award, the humanitarian honor, went to Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants. That award is now the Roberto Clemente Award, and Mays was its inaugural winner. He hit 18 home runs that season for a Giants club that won the NL West and lost the NL Championship Series to the Pirates in four games. Mays has his own card in the set at #49, with an In Action card at #50. The card was printed in the fifth series.
Sources: Wikipedia (1971 Major League Baseball season) · Wikipedia (Willie Mays) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 233 | 10 | 85 | 97 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 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 1972 Topps #621 card?
It is card #621 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, Commissioners Award. Cards #621-626 are the six Awards cards, which picture trophies, not players: the Commissioner's Award, Most Valuable Player Award, Cy Young Award, Minor League Player of the Year Award, Rookie of the Year Award and Babe Ruth Award.
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.