1973 Topps #485 Norm Cash
About Norm Cash
On July 15, 1973, Cash approached the plate with a table leg instead of a bat as Nolan Ryan stood one out from a no-hitter at Tiger Stadium. Umpire Ron Luciano sent him back for a bat. Cash then popped to shortstop to finish the Angels' 6-0 win. His Tigers card, 1973 Topps #485, came from the fourth series.
Norman Dalton Cash reached the majors with the Chicago White Sox in 1958 and sat on their 1959 American League pennant winners. Chicago packaged him to Cleveland that December in the Minnie Minoso deal, and the following April, before Cash had played an inning for the Indians, Cleveland sent him on to Detroit for Steve Demeter, who appeared in four games for Cleveland. Cash held down first base for the Tigers for the next fifteen seasons. Ernie Harwell hung the nickname on him, borrowed from a Baltimore man known as Stormin' Norman, after a rare flare of temper. He was a four-time All-Star, the 1961 American League batting champion and a World Series winner in 1968, and he later openly admitted using corked bats, including during 1961. He was the only American Leaguer to hit 20 or more home runs in every season from 1961 through 1969, and he led the league in fielding twice and in assists three times. He finished with 377 home runs, fourth most by an American League left-handed hitter when he retired, behind Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig. Detroit released him in August 1974, and he drowned in 1986 after falling from a dock at Beaver Island, Michigan. Cash was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 364 | 3 | 128 | 172 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 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 #485 card?
It is card #485 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Norm Cash of the Detroit Tigers.
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.