1972 Topps #238 Leron Lee
About Leron Lee
Lee hit .300 for the Padres in 1972 with 12 home runs and 47 runs batted in. On July 4 he singled with one out in the ninth inning to end a no-hit bid by Tom Seaver of the Mets. His card is #238, a second-series Padres issue.
Leron Lee was a left-handed-hitting outfielder who played eight major league seasons, 1969 to 1976, for the Cardinals, Padres, Indians and Dodgers, hitting .250 with 31 home runs in 614 games. The oldest of six children, he graduated from Grant High School in Sacramento with 36 football scholarship offers and instead signed with St. Louis. After the Dodgers he moved to Japan and played eleven seasons for the Lotte Orions, 1977 to 1987. There he was a four-time All-Star and four-time Best Nine winner, led the league in home runs and RBI in his first season and won the 1980 batting title. He held the Japanese career batting average record among players with more than 4,000 at-bats until Norichika Aoki passed him in 2018. His younger brother Leon joined him in Japan in 1978, and Leon's son Derrek Lee reached the majors. Leron later served as Oakland's batting coach in 1989, the year the Athletics won the World Series.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 374 | 18 | 114 | 206 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 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 #238 card?
It is card #238 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Leron Lee of the San Diego Padres.
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.