1972 Topps #426 Ken Singleton In Action
About this card
This is one of the 72 In Action cards, each numbered right after the same man's card, in six blocks of twelve even numbers, one per series: #32-54, #164-186, #292-314, #426-448, #552-574 and #692-714 (#34 Billy Martin follows his #33 manager card). The backs of the 24 In Action cards in the fifth and sixth series piece together into pictures of Joe Torre and Carl Yastrzemski (fifth series) and Tony Oliva and Tom Seaver (sixth).
About Ken Singleton In Action
Singleton's two 1972 Topps cards, #425 and the In Action #426, still list him with the Mets. On April 5, 1972, three days after Gil Hodges died, he went to Montreal with Tim Foli and Mike Jorgensen for Rusty Staub. He was the Expos' Opening Day left fielder and was hitting .219 when doctors traced his allergies to the club's wool uniforms. Back in a double-knit on July 5, he hit .310 the rest of the way and finished at .274 with 14 home runs.
Ken Singleton was a switch-hitting outfielder who played 15 seasons, 1970 to 1984, for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles. Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, he took up switch-hitting in the Bronx Federation League and spent a year on a Hofstra basketball scholarship before the Mets took him third overall in the January 1967 draft. He debuted on June 24, 1970, and his best Montreal season was 1973. He spent ten years in Baltimore, where he was an All-Star in 1977, 1979 and 1981 and finished second to Don Baylor in the 1979 American League MVP vote. He played on the 1979 and 1983 Orioles pennant winners; the 1983 club won the World Series. He won the Roberto Clemente Award in 1982 and entered the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 1986. His career line was 2,029 hits and a .282 average in 2,082 games. He hit 246 home runs and drove in 1,065 runs. He then broadcast for the Yankees from 1997 to 2021.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 279 | 10 | 90 | 129 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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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More Ken Singleton in this set: #425 Ken Singleton
Team card: #362 New York Mets
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- #31 Cleon Jones
- #32 Cleon Jones In Action
- #53 Bud Harrelson
- #54 Bud Harrelson In Action
- #91 1971 N.L. E.R.A. Leaders
- #93 1971 N.L. Pitching Leaders
- #95 1971 N.L. Strikeout Leaders
- #105 Gary Gentry
- #127 Duffy Dyer
- #141 Mets 1972 Rookie Stars
- #163 Tug McGraw
- #164 Tug McGraw In Action
- #181 Ed Kranepool
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1972 Topps #426 card?
It is card #426 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Singleton of the New York Mets. This is one of the 72 In Action cards, each numbered right after the same man's card, in six blocks of twelve even numbers, one per series: #32-54, #164-186, #292-314, #426-448, #552-574 and #692-714 (#34 Billy Martin follows his #33 manager card). The backs of the 24 In Action cards in the fifth and sixth series piece together into pictures of Joe Torre and Carl Yastrzemski (fifth series) and Tony Oliva and Tom Seaver (sixth).
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.