1972 Topps #654 Horacio Pina
About Horacio Pina
The franchise moved to Texas for 1972, and Pina had his most productive season for the last-place Rangers, with 15 saves and a 3.20 ERA, though his record was 2-7. Card #654, from the fifth series, shows him with the Texas Rangers.
Horacio Pina was a lanky Mexican side-arm reliever who pitched 314 major league games between 1968 and 1978, going 23-23 with 38 saves. Born in Matamoros, Coahuila, he picked up baseball at 17 after growing up as a soccer goalie, and a friend in Gomez Palacio hung the nickname El Ejote on him in 1963 when he was tall and very thin. Cleveland bought his contract from Puebla in August 1968, and he later pitched for Washington, Texas, Oakland, the Cubs, the Angels and, briefly, the Phillies. He was the first Mexican player to win a World Series ring, with the 1973 Oakland Athletics. In Mexico he threw a no-hitter in 1975 and a perfect game on July 12, 1978, in a 21-4, 1.94 season that earned a final two-game stint with Philadelphia. He spent twelve winters with the Culiacan Tomateros and entered the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 6 | 34 | 137 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 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 #654 card?
It is card #654 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Horacio Pina of the Texas Rangers.
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.