1973 Topps #229 Roric Harrison
About Roric Harrison
Card #229 still lists Harrison with the Baltimore Orioles. For the Braves he worked as both starter and reliever in 1973, going 11-8 with a 4.16 ERA in 38 games. He made 22 starts and struck out 130 in 177 1/3 innings. At the plate he hit two home runs among his three hits.
Roric Harrison was a right-handed pitcher who worked in the majors from 1972 to 1978 for the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins, going 30-35 with a 4.24 ERA in 140 games. Houston signed him out of Westchester High School in California in 1965. He went to the Seattle Pilots in the 1969 deal for Jim Bouton, then to Baltimore in spring 1971, and that year he was the best pitcher in the International League, going 15-5 with a 2.81 ERA for Rochester. He was sent to Atlanta on December 1, 1972, with Davey Johnson, Pat Dobson and Johnny Oates. He hit six career home runs as a pitcher. He was out of the majors in 1976 and 1977, and after minor league time in the Cardinals, Pirates and Tigers systems he returned with Minnesota in 1978. He died on September 17, 2023.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 145 | 1 | 37 | 92 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 #229 card?
It is card #229 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roric Harrison of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.