1973 Topps #603 Rookie Third Basemen - Terry Hughes / Bill McNulty / Ken Reitz
On this card: Terry Hughes, Bill McNulty, Ken Reitz
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
Hughes's rookie card, #603 in the high-number fifth series, is a rookie panel of third basemen shared with Bill McNulty and Ken Reitz. The card lists him with the Cubs, although Chicago had traded him to St. Louis for minor-league outfielder Bill Bright on April 4, 1973, after he lasted until the second round of spring-training cuts. The card follows a 1972 with Wichita in which he hit .302 with 13 home runs. In 1973 he batted .289 with 10 homers for Tulsa. Third baseman picked second overall by the Cubs in 1967 who played 54 major-league games for the Cubs, Cardinals and Red Sox between 1970 and 1974, hitting .209 with one home run.
McNulty's rookie card, #603, sits in the high-number fifth series as one of the three Rookie Third Basemen, alongside Terry Hughes, printed with the Cubs, and Ken Reitz of the Cardinals. McNulty is printed with the Rangers, who got him in the Paul Lindblad trade with Oakland after he went 1-for-10 as an Athletic in 1972; the hit came off Nolan Ryan. Bill McNulty played nine games for the Oakland Athletics in 1969 and 1972, then hit 55 home runs for Sacramento in the 1974 Pacific Coast League, the most in professional baseball, before a brief stint in Japan.
Reitz played 147 games in 1973. He hit .235 with 6 home runs and 42 RBIs, the first of five straight years in which his RBI total rose. His rookie card is #603, a fifth-series high number in the Rookie Third Basemen subset, shared with Terry Hughes (printed with the Cubs) and Bill McNulty (Rangers). Reitz is printed with the Cardinals. Third baseman for the Cardinals, Giants, Cubs and Pirates from 1972 to 1982, nicknamed Zamboni for his work on turf. He won the 1975 Gold Glove, started the 1980 All-Star Game and led NL third basemen in fielding six times.
Sources: Wikipedia (Terry Hughes) · Wikipedia (Bill McNulty) · Wikipedia (Ken Reitz) · SABR BioProject (Terry Hughes) · SABR BioProject (Bill Mcnulty) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 210 | 0 | 17 | 104 | 57 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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 1973 Topps #603 card?
It is card #603 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Terry Hughes, Bill McNulty and Ken Reitz. 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 #603 a rookie card?
Yes - #603 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Terry Hughes, Bill McNulty and Ken Reitz.
Why is #603 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.