1973 Topps #259 Jim Holt
About Jim Holt
Holt opened 1973 with a home run off Catfish Hunter in his first at-bat. Manager Frank Quilici batted him ninth as the American League tried the designated hitter, wanting a fast man in that spot, and Holt was hitting fifth by season's end. His average was second on the club to Rod Carew's league-leading .350. He played on sore feet all year, received footpads from teammates at a team party and had toe surgery afterward. His #259 is a second-series card, shown with the Twins.
Jim Holt was a left-handed-hitting outfielder and first baseman who played all nine of his major league seasons, 1968 to 1976, for the Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics. He grew up in Graham, North Carolina, enlisted in the Army in 1963 and played ball while stationed in Germany before the Kansas City Athletics signed him in 1966. Minnesota took him in the Rule 5 draft after he hit .312 for Peninsula in 1967, and he debuted on April 17, 1968. His best season was 1973, when he hit .297 with 11 home runs and 58 RBIs in 132 games. Traded to Oakland in August 1974, he became a pinch-hitter and defensive replacement, and his two-run pinch single in Game Four helped Oakland to a 5-2 win over the Dodgers in that year's World Series. He finished with a .265 average, 19 home runs and 177 RBIs in 707 games, then played in the Mexican League in 1977.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 186 | 2 | 16 | 88 | 46 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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 #259 card?
It is card #259 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Holt of the Minnesota Twins.
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.