1972 Topps #506 Indians Rookie Stars - Terry Ley / Jim Moyer / Dick Tidrow
On this card: Terry Ley, Jim Moyer, Dick Tidrow
About this card
This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
The story on this card
In 1971 Ley pitched 9 innings for the Yankees, striking out 7 and finishing with a 5.00 ERA. On December 2, 1971, at the Winter Meetings, he was traded twice in one day: from the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Bernie Allen, then with Del Unser and Denny Riddleberger from Texas to the Cleveland Indians. His 1972 Topps card is #506, a fourth-series Rookie Stars card printed with the Indians, shared with Jim Moyer and Dick Tidrow, and the rookie card of all three. Left-handed pitcher who appeared in six games for the 1971 New York Yankees and finished his career with the Nippon-Ham Fighters in 1974 and 1975. He was the first pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball history to issue three balks in an inning.
Cleveland used the first pick in the 1971 Rule 5 draft to take Moyer from the Giants. His 1972 Topps rookie card, fourth-series #506, placed him with Terry Ley and Dick Tidrow on the Indians Rookie Stars panel. Moyer pitched for Cleveland's Triple-A Portland club in 1972, going 8-9 with a 4.70 ERA in 31 games. Jim Moyer was a right-handed Giants and Indians farmhand who won 74 minor league games. He struck out 269 batters for Fresno before spending three seasons with Triple-A Phoenix.
Tidrow made the Indians out of spring training in 1972 and debuted April 18. He won his first game in his second start, against Baltimore, threw his first complete game against the Yankees on May 17, and pitched shutouts on July 15 and in consecutive 1-0 games on July 31 and August 4. His 14-15 record came with a 2.77 ERA. Card #506, from the fourth series, is Tidrow's rookie card, an Indians Rookie Stars card shared with Terry Ley and Jim Moyer. Right-hander who started for Cleveland, then became a Yankees setup man on three straight pennant winners. Nicknamed Dirt, he later helped build the Giants teams that won titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014 as a front-office executive.
Sources: Wikipedia (Terry Ley) · Wikipedia (Dick Tidrow) · SABR · Stats Crew · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 274 | 4 | 78 | 138 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 #506 card?
It is card #506 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Terry Ley, Jim Moyer and Dick Tidrow. This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
Is 1972 Topps #506 a rookie card?
Yes - #506 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Terry Ley, Jim Moyer and Dick Tidrow.
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.