1973 Topps #1 All-Time Home Run Leaders - Babe Ruth / Hank Aaron / Willie Mays
On this card: Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays
About this card
Cards #1 and #471-478 are the All-Time Leaders: #1 All-Time Home Run Leaders pictures Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, and #471-478 each name one all-time record holder - Ty Cobb (hits and batting), Lou Gehrig (grand slams), Hank Aaron (total bases), Babe Ruth (RBI), Walter Johnson (shutouts and strikeouts) and Cy Young (victories).
The story on this card
Topps opened its 1973 set with #1, All-Time Home Run Leaders, which pictures Babe Ruth with the New York Yankees, Hank Aaron with the Atlanta Braves and Willie Mays with the New York Mets. Ruth held the record at 714 career home runs. Aaron entered 1973 with 673 career home runs, hit 40 that season and finished it at 713. He passed Ruth on April 8, 1974, with his 715th home run, off Al Downing. Mays played his last game on September 9, 1973, and finished with 660. The card begins the All-Time Leaders subset, which continues at #471-478 with career records held by Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson and Cy Young.
Babe Ruth was baseball's original superstar, a Red Sox pitching ace turned Yankees slugger who led the American League in home runs twelve times, hit 60 in 1927 for Murderers' Row, and won the 1923 Most Valuable Player award. Hank Aaron spent 23 major-league seasons with the Braves and Brewers. The right fielder passed Babe Ruth's career home run record in 1974 and finished with 755 home runs and 3,771 hits. Willie Mays was the Say Hey Kid, the five-tool center fielder of the New York and San Francisco Giants: Rookie of the Year in 1951, Most Valuable Player in 1954 and 1965, twelve straight Gold Gloves, 660 home runs, Hall of Fame in 1979.
Sources: Wikipedia (Babe Ruth) · Wikipedia (Hank Aaron) · Wikipedia (Willie Mays) · SABR BioProject (Hank Aaron) · SABR BioProject (Babe Ruth) · SABR BioProject (Willie Mays) · National Baseball Hall of Fame (1) · National Baseball Hall of Fame (2) · Baseball-Reference (Hank Aaron) · Baseball Almanac (Babe Ruth) · Baseball Almanac (Willie Mays) · MLB.com · BaseballCardPedia · CBS Sports
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 3,441 | 1 | 56 | 451 | 506 | 550 | 562 | 1,295 | 20 |
| SGC | 1,131 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 79 | 162 | 274 | 578 | 22 |
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 #1 card?
It is card #1 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. Cards #1 and #471-478 are the All-Time Leaders: #1 All-Time Home Run Leaders pictures Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, and #471-478 each name one all-time record holder - Ty Cobb (hits and batting), Lou Gehrig (grand slams), Hank Aaron (total bases), Babe Ruth (RBI), Walter Johnson (shutouts and strikeouts) and Cy Young (victories).
Who is on #1 All-Time Home Run Leaders?
Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. #1 opens the set and the All-Time Leaders subset, which continues at #471-478 with one all-time record holder to a card.
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.