1973 Topps #173 Hal Breeden
About Hal Breeden
Breeden hit .275 with 15 home runs in 105 games for the 1973 Expos, the best season of his career. He played first base in 66 of them. He added 10 doubles and six triples for a .535 slugging percentage, the highest of any Expo with 100 or more games. His #173, from the second series, shows him with Montreal.
Hal Breeden was a first baseman who hit right-handed and threw left-handed, a combination that made him a rarity. Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as a free agent in 1963, he hit .406 in 75 games for Yakima in 1964. In 1970 he hit 37 home runs in 136 games for Richmond, and on November 30 the Cubs gave up Hoyt Wilhelm to get him, a straight-up deal with Atlanta. He debuted on April 7, 1971, against Steve Carlton and the Cardinals, pinch hitting for Earl Stephenson and grounding out, and spent part of that season as a teammate of his brother, catcher Danny Breeden. He played for Montreal from 1972 to 1975, and on July 13, 1973, he hit two pinch-hit home runs in one doubleheader, tying the record Joe Cronin set for the 1943 Red Sox. Tommy John called him a good pull hitter. His last big-league game came on September 11, 1975, and he finished with 21 home runs in 273 games. He then played three seasons in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers and later served as sheriff of Lee County, Georgia, for twenty years, until 2008.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 135 | 0 | 18 | 80 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #173 card?
It is card #173 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hal Breeden of the Montreal Expos.
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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