1972 Topps #623 Cy Young 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 Cy Young Award trophy is the subject of #623 in the 1972 Topps Awards group (#621-626), and the card pictures the trophy alone. It is a Baseball Writers' Association of America award, with one winner in each league. The 1971 American League winner was Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics, whose 1.82 ERA led the league. In the National League it went to Ferguson Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs, who led with 24 wins and 325 innings pitched. Blue also took the American League MVP that year, and Jenkins has his own card in the set at #410. The card appeared in the fifth series.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 286 | 9 | 83 | 133 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 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 #623 card?
It is card #623 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, Cy Young 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.