1973 Topps #643 Al Fitzmorris
About Al Fitzmorris
Back in the rotation, Fitzmorris went 8-3 with a 2.83 ERA in 1973. He made 13 starts in 15 games and completed three, one of them a shutout, over 89 innings. Kansas City shows him on #643, a high number from the fifth and final series.
Al Fitzmorris was a right-handed pitcher who worked 10 major league seasons, 1969 to 1978, for the Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians and California Angels. Born in Buffalo, he signed with the White Sox as a free agent in 1966 and was taken by the new Royals in the 1968 expansion draft. He won a career-high 16 games for Kansas City in 1975. Toronto took him with the 13th pick of the 1976 expansion draft and traded him to Cleveland the same day for catcher Alan Ashby and Doug Howard. He finished 77-59 with a 3.65 ERA in 288 games and retired at 33. He stayed in the Kansas City area and supported local charities until his death in 2024.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 110 | 5 | 32 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 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 1973 Topps #643 card?
It is card #643 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Fitzmorris of the Kansas City Royals.
Why is #643 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.