1973 Topps #559 Barry Lersch
About Barry Lersch
Lersch worked 36 games for the 1972 Phillies, 8 of them starts, after a year in the rotation. He went 4-6 with a 3.04 ERA and threw three complete games. He struck out 48 in 100 2/3 innings. Card #559 is a fifth-series high number and pictures him with Philadelphia.
Barry Lersch was a right-handed pitcher from Denver, Colorado, who spent six seasons in the majors, 1969-1974, almost all of it with the Philadelphia Phillies. In the 1964 Midnight Sun Game he pitched a win over the host Alaska Goldpanners, a game that finished at 2:34 in the morning local time and is in the record books as one of the latest-ending games in amateur baseball history. He signed with the Phillies organization in December 1964. Lersch made his big-league debut on Opening Day 1969, giving up a walk-off two-run homer to Willie Smith in an eleven-inning loss at Wrigley Field. He worked mostly out of the bullpen over four full seasons with the Phillies, 1970-1973, finishing his career 18-32 with a 3.82 ERA in 169 games, including a two-hit shutout of the Montreal Expos on September 30, 1972. The Phillies traded him to the Atlanta Braves after the 1973 season; he closed out his career with a single 1974 appearance for the St. Louis Cardinals. Lersch died in Aurora, Colorado in 2009.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 187 | 4 | 35 | 111 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 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 #559 card?
It is card #559 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Barry Lersch of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Why is #559 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.