1973 Topps #83 Leron Lee
About Leron Lee
His average dropped to .237 in 1973, his last year with the Padres, with 3 home runs and 30 runs batted in. He played 118 games for San Diego and stole 4 bases. Topps listed him at #83, a first-series card showing the Padres.
Leron Lee was a left-handed-hitting outfielder who played eight major league seasons, 1969 to 1976, for the Cardinals, Padres, Indians and Dodgers, hitting .250 with 31 home runs in 614 games. The oldest of six children, he graduated from Grant High School in Sacramento with 36 football scholarship offers and instead signed with St. Louis. After the Dodgers he moved to Japan and played eleven seasons for the Lotte Orions, 1977 to 1987. There he was a four-time All-Star and four-time Best Nine winner, led the league in home runs and RBI in his first season and won the 1980 batting title. He held the Japanese career batting average record among players with more than 4,000 at-bats until Norichika Aoki passed him in 2018. His younger brother Leon joined him in Japan in 1978, and Leon's son Derrek Lee reached the majors. Leron later served as Oakland's batting coach in 1989, the year the Athletics won the World Series.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 313 | 8 | 134 | 149 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #83 card?
It is card #83 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Leron Lee of the San Diego Padres.
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.