1972 Topps #486 John Lowenstein
About John Lowenstein
Ken Aspromonte took over as Cleveland manager in 1972 and promised Lowenstein a chance at the right-field job. Lowenstein played 68 games and hit .212 with six home runs and 21 RBIs, mostly in the outfield, for a club that had lost 102 games the year before. His Indians card is #486, from the fourth series.
John Lowenstein was a left-handed-hitting outfielder who played 16 major-league seasons, 1970 to 1985, for the Indians, Rangers and Orioles, hitting .253 with 116 home runs and 128 stolen bases. He played for Cleveland through 1977, mostly as a utility player, before finding a role in Baltimore, where he platooned in left field with Gary Roenicke under Earl Weaver and hit .320 with 24 home runs in 1982. He was a member of the 1983 World Series champions, robbing the Phillies' Bo Diaz of a home run with an off-the-wall catch in Game 1 and homering in Game 2. Born in Wolf Point, Montana, he starred at UC Riverside, where he hit .393 in 1968, and was an 18th-round pick of Cleveland that year. He was known for dry humor: carried off on a stretcher in June 1980 after a throw struck him in the head, he sat up and pumped his fists for the crowd. He later spent about a decade as an Orioles television analyst.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 202 | 10 | 65 | 93 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 #486 card?
It is card #486 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing John Lowenstein of the Cleveland Indians.
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.
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