1973 Topps #596 Boston Red Sox
Hall of Famers on the 1972 Boston Red Sox roster: Luis Aparicio, Carlton Fisk and Carl Yastrzemski.
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
Boston finished 1972 at 85-70, second in the American League East, half a game behind Detroit. The strike-shortened schedule left Boston with 155 games to Detroit's 156, and the Tigers' 86-70 record won the division by that half game. Boston led going into the closing three-game series at Tiger Stadium, and Detroit won two of the three. In the opener, Luis Aparicio fell rounding third base with Carl Yastrzemski bearing down on the bag, and Yastrzemski was tagged out in a 4-1 Detroit win. Carlton Fisk, the American League Rookie of the Year, caught for Eddie Kasko's club. After the 1971 season Boston sent George Scott and Jim Lonborg to Milwaukee in a deal that brought Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse and Tommy Harper; Pattin went 17-13. Card #596 is the Red Sox team card, a high number from print series 5.
Sources: Wikipedia (1972 Boston Red Sox season) · Wikipedia (Carlton Fisk) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 216 | 5 | 55 | 118 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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 #596 card?
It is card #596 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Boston Red Sox. 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.
Why is #596 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.