1973 Topps #62 1972 Home Run Leaders - Johnny Bench / Dick Allen
On this card: Johnny Bench, Dick Allen
About this card
Cards #61-68 are the League Leaders subset: the 1972 leaders in batting, home runs, runs batted in, stolen bases, earned run average, victories and strikeouts, and the leading firemen (#68), each card naming the National League leader first.
The story on this card
Each league's 1972 home run title went to a man on this card. Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hit 40 to lead the National League, and Dick Allen of the Chicago White Sox hit 37, a team record, to lead the American League. Card #62 is the home run entry in the League Leaders subset (#61-68) of the first series of 1973 Topps. Bench's total came in a year the Reds won the NL West by 10 1/2 games and beat Pittsburgh in a five-game NLCS. Allen's 37 powered a White Sox club that finished second in the AL West, 5 1/2 games behind Oakland.
Johnny Bench spent his entire 17-season career with Cincinnati. The catcher won two National League MVP awards and ten straight Gold Gloves, played on two World Series winners and entered the Hall of Fame in 1989. Phillies and White Sox infielder Dick Allen had been a starting basketball guard at Wampum High School. He and brothers Hank and Ron each earned All-State basketball honors before all three reached the major leagues.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dick Allen) · Wikipedia (Johnny Bench) · SABR BioProject (Johnny Bench) · SABR BioProject (Dick Allen) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 715 | 10 | 156 | 322 | 107 | 56 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| SGC | 74 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
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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Related cards
Team cards: #641 Cincinnati Reds, #481 Chicago White Sox
More Cincinnati Reds cards:
- #8 Tom Hall
- #28 Hal McRae
- #52 Denis Menke
- #63 1972 Runs Batted In Leaders
- #68 1972 Leading Firemen
- #89 Jack Billingham
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #20 Stan Bahnsen
- #42 Mike Andrews
- #63 1972 Runs Batted In Leaders
- #66 1972 Victory Leaders
- #73 Ed Herrmann
- #105 Carlos May
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1973 Topps #62 card?
It is card #62 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Bench and Dick Allen. Cards #61-68 are the League Leaders subset: the 1972 leaders in batting, home runs, runs batted in, stolen bases, earned run average, victories and strikeouts, and the leading firemen (#68), each card naming the National League leader first.
How many cards are in the 1973 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, tracked as 679 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 660 with none skipped, in five series of 132 - #1-132, #133-264, #265-396, #397-528 and the high numbers, #529-660, printed in lower quantities; 19 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - fifteen Field Leaders cards, the #20 Stan Bahnsen, #31 Buddy Bell and #504 Earl Williams border-gap pairs and the two #280 Al Kaline printings.
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.