1973 Topps #375 Larry Dierker
About Larry Dierker
A shoulder injury limited Dierker to 14 games for Houston in 1973, three of them starts. He went 1-1 with a 4.33 ERA and 18 strikeouts. His Topps card, #375 in the third series, carries the Astros. Rotator cuff injuries dogged him for the next couple of years, though he rebounded in 1974 to go 11-10 with a 2.90 ERA over 223 2/3 innings.
Lawrence Edward Dierker signed with the Houston Colt .45s at 17, winning a bidding war with other clubs, and struck out Willie Mays in his major-league debut on his 18th birthday in 1964. A right-hander, he pitched for Houston through 1976 and twice made the National League All-Star team, in 1969 and 1971. In 1969 he became the club's first 20-game winner, with a 2.33 ERA and 20 complete games. On July 9, 1976 he no-hit the Montreal Expos at the Astrodome. He finished with 139 career wins over 14 seasons and was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. Dierker was an Astros broadcaster from 1979 to 1996 and again in 2004 and 2005. From 1997 to 2001 he managed the club to four NL Central division titles in five years.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 154 | 2 | 66 | 70 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 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 #375 card?
It is card #375 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Dierker of the Houston Astros.
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.