1973 Topps #272 Ed Farmer
About Ed Farmer
Farmer had pitched 17 1/3 innings for Cleveland in 1973 when he asked for a trade, and on June 15 the Indians sent him to Detroit for Tom Timmermann and Kevin Collins. His third-series #272 shows him with the Indians. He finished the year with three wins, three saves and a 4.91 ERA across 40 games for the two clubs.
Ed Farmer was a 6-foot-5 right-handed reliever who grew up on Chicago's South Side and pitched for eight teams between 1971 and 1983. A fifth-round Cleveland pick out of St. Rita High School in 1967, he spent his first seasons bouncing between Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia and the minors. Milwaukee released him in April 1976, and surgery to remove a bone spur from his right shoulder kept him out of professional baseball that year. A car struck him on his bike while he trained for a 1977 Orioles tryout, yet he pitched one game for Baltimore that season. The White Sox acquired him from Texas on June 15, 1979, and he saved 54 games for them through 1981, including 30 in 1980, then a White Sox record and the year he made the All-Star team. He faced Pete Rose in that game and got a double play. His 1979 plunking of Al Cowens led to a June 1980 brawl at Comiskey Park, when Cowens charged the mound. He finished with 75 career saves. Farmer received a kidney transplant from his brother Tom in 1991, then spent 29 seasons as a White Sox broadcaster, known to fans as Farmio. He was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame and the Chicago Catholic League Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 173 | 2 | 51 | 106 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 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 #272 card?
It is card #272 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Farmer of the Cleveland Indians.
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.
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