1973 Topps #107 Phil Hennigan
About Phil Hennigan
The first-series card, #107, lists Hennigan with the Mets. New York fans nicknamed the right-field bullpen Little Ireland for the Irish-sounding names of Hennigan and Tug McGraw. He went 0-4 with a 6.23 ERA in 30 games. In his last big-league appearance, on July 7, he entered in the seventh inning and Atlanta's Ralph Garr hit an inside-the-park home run when outfielders Don Hahn and George Theodore collided in left-center.
Phil Hennigan was a right-handed reliever from Jasper, Texas, who pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 1969 to 1972 and the New York Mets in 1973. Cleveland drafted him out of Sam Houston State in the fourth round in 1966, and Army service as an artilleryman in Vietnam, where he earned a medal for bravery, cost him the 1967 season. He made his major-league debut on September 2, 1969, retiring Rod Carew on one pitch, a fly ball to center. A shoulder problem that first surfaced during his rookie season took velocity off his fastball, and late in his career he joked about owning a new pitch called the nudist ball because it had nothing on it. Across five seasons he went 17-14 with a 4.26 ERA and 25 saves in 176 games. Hennigan died in Center, Texas, in 2016, a year after a lung cancer diagnosis.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 279 | 4 | 117 | 124 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 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 #107 card?
It is card #107 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Phil Hennigan of the New York Mets.
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.