1972 Topps #110 Ron Hunt
About Ron Hunt
Hunt stood with his left arm hanging over the plate and tossed back the ball that hit him. On June 25, 1971, he was hit three times in one doubleheader. Earlier that year, Cubs manager Leo Durocher cried foul when umpire Augie Donatelli awarded him first base on a Milt Pappas pitch, Hunt's 27th of the season. In 1972 he batted .253 in 129 games for Montreal with nine stolen bases. Topps listed him with the Expos on #110, a first-series card.
Ron Hunt signed with the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1959 and was sold to the New York Mets on October 11, 1962. A right-handed-hitting second baseman born in St. Louis, he won the Mets' second-base job as a rookie and finished runner-up to Pete Rose for the 1963 National League Rookie of the Year award. He was an All-Star in 1964 and 1966 and, in 1964, the first Met ever elected to start an All-Star Game. Traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers after the 1966 season and to the San Francisco Giants in February 1968, he crowded the plate and led the National League in hit by pitches for seven straight seasons, from 1968 through 1974. His 50 for Montreal in 1971 set the modern single-season record. Over twelve seasons he batted .273 with 1,429 hits, and his 243 career hit by pitches stood as a post-dead-ball-era record when he retired. "A lot of people give their body to science," he used to say. "I gave mine to baseball." He belongs to the Montreal Expos Hall of Fame, founded the Ron Hunt Eagles Baseball Association for college-bound players, and died on July 15, 2026, at age 85.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 427 | 16 | 141 | 220 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 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 #110 card?
It is card #110 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Hunt of the Montreal Expos.
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.