1972 Topps #474 Orioles Rookie Stars - Don Baylor / Roric Harrison / Johnny Oates
On this card: Don Baylor, Roric Harrison, Johnny Oates
About this card
This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
The story on this card
Baylor won an outfield job in 1972 after Baltimore traded Frank Robinson away. He hit .253 with 11 home runs and 38 RBI and was named to the Topps Rookie Major League All-Star Team. Topps #474, in the fourth series, shows three Orioles together in the Rookie Stars subset: Baylor, Roric Harrison and Johnny Oates. Don Baylor was a plate-crowding slugger with the Orioles, Athletics, Angels, Yankees, Red Sox and Twins who won the 1979 AL MVP Award with California, hit 338 home runs, and later managed the Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs.
Harrison shares card #474, a fourth-series Rookie Stars card, with Don Baylor and Johnny Oates, all three shown with the Baltimore Orioles; it is the rookie card for both Harrison and Oates. He made the 1972 club as a reliever because the four Baltimore starters had each won 20 games the year before. In 39 games he went 3-4 with a 2.30 ERA. He also recorded four saves and struck out 62 in 94 innings. Right-handed pitcher for the Orioles, Braves, Indians and Twins between 1972 and 1978. He made 70 starts in 140 major league games and recorded 10 saves.
Oates spent 1971 at Triple-A Rochester, hitting .277 in 114 games. He then got the bulk of the Orioles' catching work in 1972, appearing in 85 games and hitting .261 with four home runs while injuries limited Andy Etchebarren and Ellie Hendricks. His rookie card is #474, a fourth-series Rookie Stars card shared with Don Baylor and Roric Harrison, all three printed with Baltimore. Johnny Oates caught for the Orioles, Braves, Phillies, Dodgers and Yankees from 1970 to 1981, hitting .250 in 593 games. He later managed the Orioles and Rangers, and won the 1996 American League Manager of the Year award.
Sources: Wikipedia (Don Baylor) · Wikipedia (Roric Harrison) · Wikipedia (Johnny Oates) · SABR BioProject (Don Baylor) · SABR BioProject (Johnny Oates) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 629 | 6 | 80 | 264 | 128 | 62 | 38 | 51 | 0 |
| SGC | 63 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 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 #474 card?
It is card #474 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Baylor, Roric Harrison and Johnny Oates. This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
Is 1972 Topps #474 a rookie card?
Yes - #474 is the rookie card of Roric Harrison and Johnny Oates. Don Baylor had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.