1973 Topps #636 Rick Clark
About Rick Clark
By the time the 1973 set reached collectors, Clark's contract had been sold to the Philadelphia Phillies organization, where he pitched the season at Triple-A before leaving baseball. His #636 is a high number from the fifth series, and Topps still printed it with the Angels.
Rickey Clark was a right-handed pitcher who worked in the majors only for the California Angels, from 1967 to 1972. A Mount Clemens, Michigan native, he signed with his hometown Detroit Tigers out of Redford Union High School in 1965, and the Angels took him in the 1966 Rule 5 draft, which obliged them to carry him on the 25-man roster for all of 1967. He earned a rotation spot on merit: he won his debut on April 22 with four scoreless relief innings against Cleveland, and he finished 12-11 with a 2.59 ERA, the best among Angels starters. His only complete game that year was a two-hit shutout of the Washington Senators on September 8. The next year he went 1-11, and he spent most of 1969, all of 1970 and the early part of 1971 in the minor leagues. In 96 major league games, 70 of them starts, he went 19-32. His career ERA was 3.38, with 236 strikeouts in 431 2/3 innings.
Sources: Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 221 | 2 | 69 | 129 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 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 #636 card?
It is card #636 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rick Clark of the California Angels.
Why is #636 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the fifth and last print series, #529-660 - the scarce end of the set.
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.