1973 Topps #5 Ed Brinkman
About Ed Brinkman
A ruptured disk ended Brinkman's 1972 ALCS after one game, and he underwent back surgery on October 13. He recovered in time for spring training and played all 162 games for Detroit in 1973. His Tigers card, #5, appeared in the first series of the 1973 Topps set.
Ed Brinkman played shortstop for Washington and Detroit during a 15-season major league career that produced 1,355 hits and a .224 average. A Western Hills High School teammate of Pete Rose in Cincinnati, he signed with the Senators in May 1961 and reached the majors that September. He won a Gold Glove and Detroit's Tiger of the Year award in 1972, when he went 72 consecutive games without an error, and made the 1973 All-Star team. His final season, 1975, took him through St. Louis, Texas and New York. He later taught fielding in Detroit's farm system, managed Montgomery in 1977 and worked as a White Sox coach and scout from 1983 through 2000.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 204 | 8 | 71 | 107 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 #5 card?
It is card #5 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Brinkman of the Detroit Tigers.
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.