1973 Topps #316 San Diego Padres
About this card
This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club. Managers appear on separate Field Leaders cards this year, and #500 reads "Oakland A's" on the front.
The story on this card
The 1972 San Diego Padres, in their fourth season, went 58-95 and finished sixth in the National League West, playing at San Diego Stadium. Preston Gomez managed the first 11 games (4-7) before Don Zimmer took over and went 54-88. The pitching staff allowed 665 runs against 488 scored. Nate Colbert scored the winning run in the All-Star Game at Atlanta, wearing a road jersey reading SAN DIEGO because he had packed the wrong uniform. A week later he tied Stan Musial's record with five home runs in a doubleheader against the Braves, driving in 13 runs. On July 18, Steve Arlin was one out from the first Padres no-hitter when Philadelphia's Denny Doyle singled. Colbert has #340 in the same series; this team card is #316 in the third series of 1973 Topps.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 182 | 4 | 69 | 76 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 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 #316 card?
It is card #316 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing the San Diego Padres. This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club. Managers appear on separate Field Leaders cards this year, and #500 reads "Oakland A's" on the front.
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.