1973 Topps #66 1972 Victory Leaders - Steve Carlton / Gaylord Perry / Wilbur Wood
On this card: Steve Carlton, Gaylord Perry, Wilbur Wood
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
Topps #66, from the first series of 1973 and part of the League Leaders subset (#61-68), covers 1972 wins, with Steve Carlton of the Phillies, Gaylord Perry of the Indians and Wilbur Wood of the White Sox. Carlton led the National League with 27 wins for a last-place Phillies club that went 59-97, and he also led the league in complete games with 30. In the American League, Perry and Wood each won 24. Perry went 24-16 with a 1.92 ERA for Cleveland. Wood went 24-17 for Chicago, starting a career-high 49 games and pitching 376 2/3 innings.
Phillies left-hander Steve Carlton included martial arts and meditation in his training. One exercise involved twisting his fist down through a five-gallon bucket of rice. He worked with trainer Gus Hoefling on his conditioning routine. Giants right-hander Gaylord Perry had shared a pitching staff with his brother long before professional baseball. At Williamston High School, Gaylord and Jim threw consecutive shutouts to sweep a best-of-three state championship series. Hoyt Wilhelm helped Wilbur Wood make the knuckleball his primary pitch with the White Sox. Wood set a major league record with 88 pitching appearances in 1968, including 2 starts.
Sources: Wikipedia (Steve Carlton) · Wikipedia (Gaylord Perry) · Wikipedia (Wilbur Wood) · SABR BioProject (Steve Carlton) · SABR BioProject (Gaylord Perry) · SABR BioProject (Wilbur Wood) · National Baseball Hall of Fame (1) · National Baseball Hall of Fame (2) · Baseball Almanac (Gaylord Perry) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 398 | 14 | 131 | 160 | 38 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 1 |
| SGC | 39 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
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: #536 Philadelphia Phillies, #629 Cleveland Indians, #481 Chicago White Sox
More Philadelphia Phillies cards:
- #3 Jim Lonborg
- #6 Mac Scarce
- #37 Bill Robinson
- #65 1972 Earned Run Average Leaders
- #67 1972 Strikeout Leaders
- #97 Willie Montanez
More Cleveland Indians cards:
- #11 Chris Chambliss
- #31 Buddy Bell
- #53 Steve Dunning
- #86 Tom McCraw
- #134 Milt Wilcox
- #157 Denny Riddleberger
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #20 Stan Bahnsen
- #42 Mike Andrews
- #62 1972 Home Run Leaders
- #63 1972 Runs Batted In Leaders
- #73 Ed Herrmann
- #105 Carlos May
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1973 Topps #66 card?
It is card #66 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Steve Carlton, Gaylord Perry and Wilbur Wood. 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.