1973 Topps #459 Jimmy Howarth
About Jimmy Howarth
In 1972 Howarth played 74 games, starting 25 of them in an outfield corps that featured Willie Mays, Bobby Bonds, Dave Kingman, Gary Matthews, Garry Maddox and Ken Henderson. He led the National League with 13 pinch hits in 39 at-bats, and on June 30 hit his only major-league home run, a two-run shot off Claude Osteen in an 8-4 win over the Dodgers at Candlestick Park. His rookie card is #459 in the fourth series, and Topps listed him as Jimmy Howarth.
Jim Howarth was a left-handed-hitting outfielder who played in 152 games for the San Francisco Giants over four seasons, 1971 through 1974. A Biloxi, Mississippi, native, he was an All-SEC center fielder at Mississippi State in 1968, his junior year, and the Giants picked him in the eighth round of the June 1968 draft. In 1971 he batted .363 in 110 games for Triple-A Phoenix, which earned a post-September 1 call-up to San Francisco, where he had three hits and three walks in seven games. He then spent the 1972 and 1973 seasons on the Giants' roster, and his big-league totals came to 49 hits and 16 runs batted in. After a knee injury and concussion in a collision at home plate in 1974, he decided to leave professional baseball. He went back to Biloxi and spent 41 years in banking before retiring in 2016.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 221 | 3 | 91 | 105 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 #459 card?
It is card #459 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jimmy Howarth of the San Francisco Giants.
Is 1973 Topps #459 a rookie card?
Yes - #459 is the 1973 Topps rookie card of Jimmy Howarth.
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.