1973 Topps #384 Don Baylor
About Don Baylor
He was hitting .219 in mid-July 1973 and then hit .366 the rest of the way as Baltimore ran away with the AL East. He finished .286 with 11 home runs and 51 RBI. He led the American League with 13 hit-by-pitches and went 3 for 11 in the five-game ALCS loss to Oakland. His Topps #384 comes from the third series.
Don Baylor was a right-handed power hitter who played outfield, first base and designated hitter for six American League clubs over 19 seasons, mostly the Orioles and Angels. He crowded the plate and was hit by 267 pitches, the modern record when he retired, and he led the AL in the category eight times. He finished with 338 home runs, 1,276 RBI and 285 stolen bases. In 1979 he led the majors with 139 RBI and 120 runs, carried California to its first division title and won the AL MVP Award. He reached the World Series in three straight years with three clubs, Boston in 1986, Minnesota in 1987 and Oakland in 1988, winning with the Twins. He later managed the expansion Colorado Rockies from 1993 to 1998, winning NL Manager of the Year in 1995, and the Chicago Cubs from 2000 to 2002. He is a member of the Angels Hall of Fame. He was known as Groove after a line he spoke as a 20-year-old Orioles prospect that teammates read back to him in the clubhouse. He died in 2017.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 263 | 3 | 73 | 130 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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 #384 card?
It is card #384 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Baylor of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.