1973 Topps #160 Jim Palmer
About Jim Palmer
Palmer worked 274 1/3 innings and struck out 184 batters for Baltimore in 1972. Topps featured him twice in 1973: second-series Orioles card #160 and third-series Boyhood Photos of the Stars card #341. On June 16, 1973, he took a perfect game against Texas into the ninth inning before Ken Suarez singled with one out, and he finished a 9-1 win.
James Alvin Palmer pitched all 19 of his major league seasons with the Baltimore Orioles (1965-1967, 1969-1984) and finished as the winningest pitcher of the 1970s with 186 wins. A right-hander whose best pitch was a high fastball, he worked on three World Series champions (1966, 1970, 1983) and six American League pennant winners, and he is the only pitcher to win a World Series game in three different decades. His Game Two shutout of Los Angeles in the 1966 Series, thrown nine days before his 21st birthday, made him the youngest man to pitch a complete-game shutout in a Series and sent Sandy Koufax off in his final appearance. Palmer won three Cy Young Awards (1973, 1975, 1976), four straight Gold Gloves (1976-1979), two ERA titles and six All-Star selections. He won 20 or more games eight times and finished 268-152 with a 2.86 ERA and 53 shutouts. Arm trouble cost him most of 1967 and all of 1968, but he came back in 1969 with the only no-hitter of his career. He was nicknamed Cakes for the pancakes he ate on the mornings he pitched. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990, his first year of eligibility.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,345 | 0 | 111 | 507 | 311 | 183 | 106 | 127 | 0 |
| SGC | 222 | 0 | 11 | 51 | 58 | 47 | 25 | 27 | 3 |
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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Related cards
More Jim Palmer in this set: #341 Boyhood Photos
Team card: #278 Baltimore Orioles
More Baltimore Orioles cards:
- #9 Johnny Oates
- #34 Pat Dobson
- #56 Merv Rettenmund
- #90 Brooks Robinson
- #109 Doyle Alexander
- #136 Orioles Field Leaders
- #183 Don Buford
- #229 Roric Harrison
- #253 Mark Belanger
- #302 Terry Crowley
- #325 Boog Powell
- #341 Jim Palmer
- #362 Eddie Watt
- #384 Don Baylor
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1973 Topps #160 card?
It is card #160 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.