1973 Topps #521 Atlanta Braves
Hall of Famers on the 1972 Atlanta Braves roster: Hank Aaron, Orlando Cepeda, Eddie Mathews and Phil Niekro.
About this card
This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club. Managers appear on separate Field Leaders cards this year, and #500 reads "Oakland A's" on the front.
The story on this card
The 1972 Atlanta Braves slipped to 70-84 and fourth place in the National League West after an 82-80 season in 1971. The club was 18-22 on June 1 when general manager Paul Richards was moved to a scouting role and farm director Eddie Robinson replaced him. Manager Lum Harris was fired on August 6 with the Braves at 47-57 and 16 games behind Cincinnati, and first-base coach Eddie Mathews, 40, took over; the team went 23-27 under him. Mathews, Hank Aaron, Phil Niekro and Orlando Cepeda are the Hall of Famers tied to the club that year, and Aaron closed the 1973 season with 713 home runs, one short of Babe Ruth's record. Topps #521 is the Atlanta Braves team card, printed in the fourth series.
Sources: Wikipedia (1972 Atlanta Braves season) · Wikipedia (Hank Aaron) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 258 | 18 | 123 | 86 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 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 #521 card?
It is card #521 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Atlanta Braves. This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club. Managers appear on separate Field Leaders cards this year, and #500 reads "Oakland A's" on the front.
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.