1972 Topps #757 Jose Cardenal
About this card
Cards #751-757 are the seven Traded cards - the first traded subset Topps printed - each naming the club the player had just joined; among them are Hall of Famers Steve Carlton (#751), Joe Morgan (#752) and Frank Robinson (#754). Every Traded player also has a regular card in the set.
About Jose Cardenal
Milwaukee traded Cardenal to the Cubs on December 3, 1971, for Jim Colborn, Brock Davis and Earl Stephenson. Topps recorded the change in 1972 with first-series Brewers card #12 and sixth-series Traded card #757 with Chicago. In 1972 Cardenal batted .291 with 17 home runs and 70 RBI for the Cubs. He also stole 25 bases.
Jose Cardenal played eighteen major league seasons for nine teams, accumulating 1,913 hits, 329 stolen bases and a .275 batting average. He grew up in Matanzas, Cuba, where he played baseball with his second cousin Bert Campaneris. Cardenal entered the Giants organization and made his major league debut in 1963. His longest stay was six seasons with the Cubs, and his playing career ended with Kansas City's appearance in the 1980 World Series. He later coached for several major league organizations, including serving as the Yankees' first base coach for their 1996, 1998 and 1999 championship teams. He also worked as an adviser for the Washington Nationals.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 296 | 2 | 27 | 117 | 102 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 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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More Jose Cardenal in this set: #12
Team card: #192 Chicago Cubs
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- #93 1971 N.L. Pitching Leaders
- #95 1971 N.L. Strikeout Leaders
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1972 Topps #757 card?
It is card #757 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jose Cardenal of the Chicago Cubs. Cards #751-757 are the seven Traded cards - the first traded subset Topps printed - each naming the club the player had just joined; among them are Hall of Famers Steve Carlton (#751), Joe Morgan (#752) and Frank Robinson (#754). Every Traded player also has a regular card in the set.
Why is #757 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.