1973 Topps #462 Ron Blomberg
About Ron Blomberg
Blomberg hit .329 with 12 home runs and 57 RBI in 100 games in 1973, the finest offensive season of his career. Jim Ray Hart started most of the Yankees' games at designated hitter, and manager Ralph Houk platooned Blomberg, who hit .338 against right-handers and .176 against left-handers. His Yankees card is #462, from the fourth series.
Ron Blomberg was a left-handed-hitting first baseman, outfielder and designated hitter who played for the New York Yankees from 1969 to 1976 and the Chicago White Sox in 1978. The Yankees took him with the first overall pick of the 1967 draft out of Druid Hills High School in Atlanta, where he had also drawn 125 basketball scholarship offers. He was the first designated hitter in major league history, drawing a bases-loaded walk from Boston's Luis Tiant on April 6, 1973, at Fenway Park; the bat he used is in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. He hit .293 with 52 home runs and 224 RBI in 461 games. A run of injuries limited his playing time in his later seasons. After baseball he managed the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox to the 2007 Israel Baseball League championship, scouted for the Yankees, and was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 187 | 6 | 61 | 100 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 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 #462 card?
It is card #462 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees.
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.