1973 Topps #398 Rich Hand
About Rich Hand
Hand was 2-3 with a 5.40 ERA when the Rangers sent him, Mike Epstein and Rick Stelmaszek to the Angels on May 20 for Jim Spencer and Lloyd Allen. He finished at 6-6 with a 4.39 ERA in 24 games, and his last major-league batter was Jeff Burroughs, who homered in the eighth inning on September 26. The card is #398, in the fourth series, printed with the Rangers.
Rich Hand was a right-handed starter who pitched four seasons for Cleveland, Texas and California and went 24-39 with a 4.01 ERA in 104 games. A Seattle high school graduate, he pitched at the University of Puget Sound, earned All-America honors and finished 21-6 there. Cleveland made him the first pick of the 1969 secondary draft and signed him for $17,000. Manager Alvin Dark named him the third starter out of spring training in 1970, and he debuted on April 9, finishing 6-13 with a 3.83 ERA and 27 home runs allowed, ninth most in the American League. Arm trouble in 1971 turned a fastball pitcher into one who leaned on control and a changeup. He last pitched in the minors in 1974 and retired in 1975 with a sore arm. He stayed in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in real estate and construction and served on the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association board.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 210 | 10 | 79 | 102 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 #398 card?
It is card #398 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rich Hand of the Texas Rangers.
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.