1973 Topps #196 Ken McMullen
About Ken McMullen
McMullen played the 1973 opener at third base for the Dodgers, then lost the job to rookie Ron Cey and worked mostly as a pinch hitter, going 6-for-19 with two home runs and nine RBIs in that role. Before the season his wife, Bobbie, was diagnosed with breast cancer while three months pregnant. She insisted he keep playing, put off treatment until their son Jonathan was born in November 1973, and died on April 6, 1974. Topps #196, a second-series card, lists him with Los Angeles.
Ken McMullen played 16 major league seasons as a right-handed-hitting third baseman for the Dodgers, Senators, Angels, Athletics and Brewers. At Oxnard High School he earned first-team All-CIF Southern Section honors as an outfielder in the AAA Division in 1960. The Dodgers signed him after graduation, and he reached the majors in September 1962 at age 20. He appeared in 1,583 major league games. He finished with 1,273 hits, 156 home runs and 606 RBI. His final major league at-bat, for Milwaukee on September 14, 1977, was a pinch-hit home run off Seattle's Tom House.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 197 | 3 | 67 | 105 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #196 card?
It is card #196 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken McMullen of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.