1973 Topps #480 Juan Marichal
About Juan Marichal
On the last day of the 1971 season Marichal beat the Padres 5-1 in San Diego, the win that clinched the National League West for the Giants. The defending division champions fell to fifth at 69-86 in 1972. Series four of the 1973 Topps set carries his Giants card, #480.
Juan Marichal, the Dominican Dandy, pitched sixteen major league seasons from 1960 to 1975, all but the last two for the San Francisco Giants. Born October 20, 1937 in the village of Laguna Verde, he learned the game from an older brother using golf balls sewn inside cloth and bats cut from tree branches. Across the 1960s he won 191 games, more than any pitcher in baseball, with Bob Gibson second at 164. He won twenty or more six times, every one of those years carrying an ERA under 2.50 and better than 200 strikeouts, and he led the National League in wins twice, complete games twice, shutouts twice and ERA once. He was named to nine All-Star teams, posted a 0.50 ERA in eight All-Star appearances and was Most Valuable Player of the 1965 game. On August 22, 1965 he struck Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with his bat at Candlestick Park, setting off a brawl and drawing a suspension and a then-record National League fine. The two later became close friends, and Roseboro's public forgiveness helped carry him to Cooperstown on the third ballot. He retired with 243 wins, 244 complete games and a 2.89 ERA, and in 1983 became the first Dominican-born player elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 676 | 0 | 75 | 303 | 143 | 69 | 51 | 35 | 0 |
| SGC | 117 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 2 |
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 #480 card?
It is card #480 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants.
Does #480 Juan Marichal have a variation?
The Trading Card Database lists error and corrected border-gap printings of #480, but they fall outside PSA's 679-card master set, so #480 is tracked here as one card.
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.