1973 Topps #461 Mike Corkins
About Mike Corkins
The 1973 season brought 47 pitching appearances, 11 of them starts, and a 5-8 record with a 4.50 ERA. He struck out 82 in 122 innings and saved three games. At the plate he hit three home runs. His #461 card, from the fourth series, is printed with the Padres.
Mike Corkins was a right-handed pitcher who spent his entire major league career with the San Diego Padres, working from 1969 to 1974 as both a starter and a reliever. The Giants signed him as an amateur free agent before the 1965 season, and San Diego took him from San Francisco with the 31st pick of the 1968 expansion draft. He started 44 games, went 19-28 with a 4.39 ERA and saved nine. His 157 games and 459 1/3 innings are the most of any pitcher who played only for the Padres. He struck out 335 batters and walked 248, and at the plate he hit five home runs in 119 at-bats. On September 22, 1969, he gave up Willie Mays's 600th home run. Corkins died in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, in 2023, at age 77.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 179 | 4 | 63 | 91 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 #461 card?
It is card #461 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mike Corkins 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.