1972 Topps #247 Milt May
About Milt May
In 57 games in 1972, 33 of them at catcher, May hit .281 with 14 RBI. He went 1 for 2 with an RBI as the Pirates lost the five-game NLCS to Cincinnati. The #247 card, from the second series, has the Pirates.
Milt May was a left-handed-hitting catcher who played 15 seasons, 1970 to 1984, for the Pirates, Astros, Tigers, White Sox and Giants. The Pirates drafted him as an infielder in the 11th round in 1968 out of St. Petersburg High School and converted him to catching. He was known as a good handler of pitchers and a line-drive hitter who rarely chased bad pitches, though also reputedly the slowest runner in the majors. At 21 he was on the 1971 World Series champions. With San Francisco he hit the 9,000th home run in Giants history in 1980, and in 1981 he hit .310, the highest mark ever by a Giants catcher. The Giants traded him back to Pittsburgh in August 1983 for Steve Nicosia. His father, Pinky May, was a professional third baseman, and Milt was his bat boy as a youth. He retired with 971 hits, 77 home runs and a .263 average, and later spent ten seasons as the Pirates' hitting coach and two with Florida.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 325 | 22 | 83 | 169 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 #247 card?
It is card #247 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Milt May of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.