1973 Topps #489 Jeff Burroughs
About Jeff Burroughs
The Rangers card, #489 in the fourth series, followed a 1972 in which a strained back cost him the left-field job. He hit .185 with one home run in 22 games, then went to Denver. There he rebounded with nine homers in 14 games and finished with 24 home runs. Whitey Herzog said the Rangers had one helluva player in him.
Jeff Burroughs was a right-handed power-hitting outfielder who played 16 seasons, 1970 to 1985, for the Senators, Rangers, Braves, Mariners, Athletics and Blue Jays. The Senators made him the first overall pick of the 1969 draft out of Long Beach's Woodrow Wilson High School. He won the 1974 American League MVP award with Texas, leading the league with 118 RBI while batting .301 with 25 home runs, and was the first Ranger to win it. Ted Williams called him the greatest young hitter he had seen. He was an All-Star in 1974 and 1978. He finished with a .261 average, 240 home runs and 882 RBI, and in 1985 made his only postseason appearance, one pinch-hit at-bat in the ALCS for Toronto. His son Sean Burroughs also reached the majors, and Jeff later coached Long Beach to Little League World Series titles in 1992 and 1993.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 179 | 5 | 87 | 74 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 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 #489 card?
It is card #489 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jeff Burroughs of the Texas Rangers.
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.