1972 Topps #418 Tom Shopay
About Tom Shopay
Shopay hit .225 for the 1972 Orioles, with 9 hits in 40 at-bats. He appeared in 49 games, drove in 2 runs and played the outfield in three of them. A year earlier he had gone hitless in four World Series at-bats as Pittsburgh beat Baltimore four games to three. His 1972 Topps card is #418, in the fourth series.
Tom Shopay was a left-handed-hitting outfielder from Bristol, Connecticut, who played parts of seven seasons in the majors, for the New York Yankees in 1967 and 1969 and the Baltimore Orioles in 1971-72 and 1975-77. He was at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, when the Yankees took him in the 34th round of the 1965 draft, and he debuted on September 17, 1967. Baltimore picked him in the Rule 5 draft in December 1969. In 1971 he hit .257 in 47 games and appeared in the World Series against Pittsburgh. He fielded .993, with one error in 151 total chances across all three outfield positions and catcher; that error came with the Yankees against Minnesota on September 23, 1967. He finished with a .201 average, 3 home runs and 20 RBI. The last of his 253 games came on September 30, 1977.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 290 | 11 | 109 | 135 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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 #418 card?
It is card #418 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tom Shopay of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.