1973 Topps #164 Monty Montgomery
About Monty Montgomery
Card #164 in the second series of the 1973 Topps issue lists Montgomery with the Kansas City Royals. In 1972 he also came to the plate, going 3 for 17 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. On the mound he struck out 24 in 56 1/3 innings.
Monty Montgomery was a 6-foot-3, 200-pound right-handed pitcher from Albemarle, North Carolina, who worked in 12 major league games, all for the Kansas City Royals, in 1971 and 1972. The Royals drafted him in the ninth round of the 1968 draft out of Pfeiffer University. He reached Kansas City in September 1971 and started two of his three games, winning all of them with a 2.11 ERA over 21 1/3 innings. In 1972 he spent most of the year with Triple-A Omaha but opened and closed the season in the majors, and on September 7 he threw a four-hit, 6-0 shutout of the California Angels at Municipal Stadium, the only complete-game shutout of his career. His big league totals were 6-3 with a 2.78 ERA, 36 strikeouts and 77 2/3 innings, ten of the 12 appearances as a starter. His last game came on September 30, 1972.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 166 | 13 | 64 | 67 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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 #164 card?
It is card #164 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Monty Montgomery of the Kansas City Royals.
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.