1973 Topps #286 Frank Linzy
About Frank Linzy
Milwaukee used Linzy in 42 games in 1973, all but one in relief, and he saved 13 of them. He went 2-6 with a 3.57 ERA in 63 innings, and it was his last season with the Brewers. Card #286 is a third-series card that shows him with the Brewers.
Frank Alfred Linzy, born September 15, 1940, in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, pitched eleven big league seasons as a hard-throwing right-handed reliever, almost never starting a game. He debuted with the San Francisco Giants in 1963. Rather than a modern closer, he was a 1960s-style fireman whom the Giants used in the seventh or eighth inning, or whenever the opposition threatened late in a tight game, not only in the ninth. In 1965 and 1966 he was especially effective over the closing weeks of two heated pennant races, and in 1965 he finished 13th in the National League Most Valuable Player vote and third for Rookie of the Year. Linzy remained with San Francisco into 1970, then closed out his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, and Philadelphia Phillies, retiring after the 1974 season. He finished 62-57 with a 2.85 earned run average and 111 saves.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 168 | 1 | 66 | 86 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #286 card?
It is card #286 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Linzy of the Milwaukee Brewers.
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.