1972 Topps #629 Paul Doyle
About Paul Doyle
Doyle spent 1971 at Triple-A Salt Lake City, recording 10 saves with a 3.63 ERA for the Pacific Coast League champions. He made the 1972 Angels despite a left shoulder that felt like glass. He hurt it that spring against San Francisco, and the horse liniment Nolan Ryan gave him did not help. He pitched in two games, 2 1/3 innings in all, the last on May 2 at Yankee Stadium, and was sent home in June. His 1972 Topps card is #629, a fifth-series Angels issue.
Paul Doyle was a left-handed reliever who appeared in 87 games for the Atlanta Braves, California Angels and San Diego Padres between 1969 and 1972. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Huron, Ohio, he signed with the Detroit Tigers organization in 1959, then pitched in the Yankees, Giants and Astros systems before Houston traded him to Atlanta in December 1968, a ten-year climb across five organizations. Atlanta general manager Paul Richards taught him a slider in the spring of 1969, and Doyle debuted on May 28 against the St. Louis Cardinals, retiring Julian Javier, Curt Flood and Joe Torre in order and later picking Mike Shannon off first. He went 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA and four saves for the Braves' National League West champions, and in Game 2 of the NLCS he struck out three Mets in his one inning of work. Jim Fregosi called his move to first the best he had seen from a left-hander. A sore left shoulder ended his career in 1972, and he finished 5-3 with a 3.79 ERA and 11 saves. Afterward he worked in the truck brake business with a brother.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 276 | 13 | 73 | 147 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 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 #629 card?
It is card #629 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Paul Doyle of the California Angels.
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.
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