1972 Topps #582 Montreal Expos
About this card
This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club; every club also has a manager card of its own this year. #1 honors the 1971 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Texas Rangers, moved from Washington after the 1971 season, appear for the first time, on the #668 team card.
The story on this card
In their third season, the 1971 Expos played at Jarry Park under Gene Mauch and finished 71-90, fifth in the National League East, 25 1/2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. Rusty Staub hit .311 with 19 home runs and 97 RBI, and was named an All-Star but was injured and did not play. Bill Stoneman went 17-16 with a 3.15 ERA over 294 2/3 innings, and Mike Marshall saved 23 games. Montreal traded Bob Reynolds to St. Louis for Mike Torrez on June 15 and sent Ron Swoboda to the Yankees for Ron Woods on June 25. The Expos team card, #582, was printed in the fifth series of the 1972 Topps set. Gene Mauch has his own manager card at #276.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 230 | 0 | 19 | 80 | 65 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 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 #582 card?
It is card #582 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Montreal Expos. This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club; every club also has a manager card of its own this year. #1 honors the 1971 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Texas Rangers, moved from Washington after the 1971 season, appear for the first time, on the #668 team card.
What are the key cards in the 1972 Topps set?
The key cards are #309 Roberto Clemente; the #582 Montreal Expos team card, which PSA's set article calls the hardest card in the set to find in high grade; #79 Red Sox 1972 Rookie Stars, with Carlton Fisk's rookie card - the only Hall of Famer rookie card in the set - beside Mike Garman and Cecil Cooper; #595 Nolan Ryan, the most coveted of its Hall of Famers in PSA's words; and #686 Steve Garvey, which PSA CardFacts names among the hard-to-find high numbers.
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.