1973 Topps #606 Rookie Outfielders - Gary Matthews / Tom Paciorek / Jorge Roque
On this card: Gary Matthews, Tom Paciorek, Jorge Roque
About this card
Cards #601-616 are the sixteen three-player 1973 Rookies cards, each titled by position. A Rookies card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
The story on this card
Matthews played 148 games in 1973, his first full season. He had 162 hits, scored 74 runs and stole 17 bases. His 1973 Topps card, #606, is a three-player Rookies card with Tom Paciorek, printed with the Dodgers, and Jorge Roque, printed with the Expos. It is a high number from the fifth series, and it is Matthews's rookie card, issued with the Giants. Outfielder for the Giants, Braves, Phillies, Cubs and Mariners from 1972 to 1987. The 1973 NL Rookie of the Year and a 1979 All-Star, he hit .281 with 234 home runs and was 1983 NLCS MVP with Philadelphia.
Card #606 is a three-player Rookies card in the fifth series, a high number, sharing the front with Gary Matthews of the Giants and Jorge Roque of the Expos while Paciorek is shown with the Dodgers. The card dates from his 1972 call-up, 11 games with one home run and a .255 average. In 1973 he played 96 games for Los Angeles, 77 of them in the outfield. He hit .262 with five home runs. Outfielder and first baseman for the Dodgers, Braves, Mariners, White Sox, Mets and Rangers from 1970 to 1987. Known as Wimpy, he made the 1981 All-Star team with a .326 average and later broadcast White Sox games with Ken Harrelson.
Roque spent the second half of 1972 with St. Louis, starting 19 of his 32 games in center or right field and hitting .104. On November 6 the Cardinals traded him to Montreal to reacquire catcher Tim McCarver, which is why card #606 prints him with the Expos. It is a high number from the fifth series of 1973 Topps, shared with Gary Matthews and Tom Paciorek, who are printed with the Giants and the Dodgers. Puerto Rican outfielder who played 65 games for the Cardinals and Expos between 1970 and 1973, hit a grand slam on Opening Day 1973, and then played in the Mexican League through 1979.
Sources: Wikipedia (Gary Matthews) · Wikipedia (Tom Paciorek) · Wikipedia (Jorge Roque) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 342 | 5 | 56 | 197 | 59 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 26 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 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 1973 Topps #606 card?
It is card #606 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gary Matthews, Tom Paciorek and Jorge Roque. Cards #601-616 are the sixteen three-player 1973 Rookies cards, each titled by position. A Rookies card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
Is 1973 Topps #606 a rookie card?
Yes - #606 is the rookie card of Gary Matthews. Tom Paciorek and Jorge Roque had already appeared on earlier Topps cards, so it is not their rookie card.
Why is #606 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the fifth and last print series, #529-660 - the scarce end of the set.
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.