1973 Topps #70 Milt Pappas
About Milt Pappas
On September 20, 1972, Pappas earned his 200th career win, beating Montreal 6-2 at Wrigley Field. He completed 10 games and threw 195 innings for the Cubs that season. His 1973 Topps card was first-series #70. He went 7-12 with a 4.28 ERA in his final major league season.
Milt Pappas signed with Baltimore out of Detroit's Cooley High School and pitched seventeen major league seasons for the Orioles, Reds, Braves and Cubs. He belonged to Baltimore's young pitching staff known as the Kiddie Korps, alongside Chuck Estrada, Steve Barber, Jack Fisher and Jerry Walker. In December 1965 the Orioles traded him, Jack Baldschun and Dick Simpson to Cincinnati for Frank Robinson. Pappas finished with 209 wins, 164 losses, 1,728 strikeouts and a 3.40 ERA in 3,186 innings. He served as player representative in both Baltimore and Cincinnati. The Orioles inducted him into their team Hall of Fame in 1985.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject (Jose Cardenal) · SABR BioProject (Milt Pappas) · Baseball-Reference · Retrosheet · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 330 | 16 | 140 | 144 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #70 card?
It is card #70 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Milt Pappas of the Chicago Cubs.
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.