1972 Topps #725 Dick McAuliffe
About Dick McAuliffe
Detroit and Oakland went the full five games in the 1972 ALCS, and McAuliffe went 4-for-20 with a home run in the Athletics' 3-2 series win. In the regular season he played 122 games, 116 of them at second base. He hit .240 with 8 home runs and 30 RBI. His #725 is a sixth-series card listing him with the Tigers.
Richard John McAuliffe was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on November 29, 1939, and grew up in the village of Unionville. Tigers scout Lew Cassell signed him out of Farmington High School after the Class of 1957 graduated, and four minor league seasons later he reached Detroit in September 1960. A left-handed hitter, he held his hands cocked high and opened his front foot toward the pitcher, stepping back toward a conventional stance only as the ball came in. He became the Tigers' regular shortstop in 1963 and held the job through 1966, moved to second base in 1967 so Ray Oyler could take over at short, and was still there when Detroit won the 1968 World Series. Over sixteen seasons - fourteen with the Tigers, two with Boston after an October 1973 trade for outfielder Ben Oglivie - he batted .247 with 197 home runs and 697 runs batted in. He scored 888 runs and drew 882 walks. He managed Boston's Double-A Bristol club in 1975 before a late recall ended his playing days that September. He later ran baseball schools and a coin-operated laundry repair business, and died in Farmington, Connecticut, on May 13, 2016.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 393 | 10 | 80 | 229 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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 #725 card?
It is card #725 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick McAuliffe of the Detroit Tigers.
Why is #725 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the sixth and last print series, #657-787 - with the fifth series, the toughest to find, per PSA.
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.