1973 Topps #197 Ed Goodson
About Ed Goodson
Card #197, from the second series, is Goodson's rookie card and pictures him with the San Francisco Giants. Behind it was a 1972 in which he hit .280 with six home runs and 30 RBI in 58 games. He had opened that year at Phoenix, hit .389 there, and joined the Giants in mid-May; knee surgery in August ended his season.
Ed Goodson was a left-handed hitting first and third baseman who played eight seasons, 1970 to 1977, for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants made him the third overall pick of the June 1968 draft out of East Tennessee State, where he played shortstop. He hit .260 with 30 home runs and 170 RBI in 515 major league games, and knee and finger injuries cut into several seasons. The Giants sent him to Atlanta in June 1975, and the Dodgers acquired him that winter, after which he worked mostly as a pinch hitter. His last major league at-bat was a strikeout against Mike Torrez in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. A fractured skull from a pitch while with Portland in 1978 ended his playing days. He became head baseball coach at Grayson County High School in Virginia in 1982, the year of his induction into the East Tennessee State athletic hall of fame, and entered the Pulaski County Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 175 | 6 | 53 | 96 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #197 card?
It is card #197 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Goodson of the San Francisco Giants.
Is 1973 Topps #197 a rookie card?
Yes - #197 is the 1973 Topps rookie card of Ed Goodson.
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.