1973 Topps #434 San Francisco Giants
Hall of Famers on the 1972 San Francisco Giants roster: Juan Marichal, Willie Mays and Willie McCovey.
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 Giants arrived as defending National League West champions and slid to fifth at 69-86 under manager Charlie Fox. It was the club's first losing season in San Francisco and its first since 1957, the last year in New York. On May 11 the franchise traded 41-year-old Willie Mays to the Mets for minor league pitcher Charlie Williams and $50,000. The club was losing money, and owner Horace Stoneham could not guarantee Mays an income after retirement. Juan Marichal and Willie McCovey were still on the roster. The offense hit 150 home runs and scored 662 runs. The staff allowed 649 runs and posted a 3.69 ERA. Home games were at Candlestick Park, where attendance was 647,744. The team card is #434 in the fourth series of the 1973 Topps set.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 227 | 19 | 85 | 96 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| SGC | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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 #434 card?
It is card #434 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing the San Francisco Giants. 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.
Does #434 San Francisco Giants have a variation?
The Trading Card Database lists error and corrected border-gap printings of #434, but they fall outside PSA's 679-card master set, so #434 is tracked here as one card.
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.