1973 Topps #308 Skip Lockwood
About Skip Lockwood
Lockwood worked mostly out of the Milwaukee bullpen in 1973, making 22 of his 37 appearances in relief. He had made seven relief appearances before that season. He also made 15 starts and went 5-12 with a 3.90 ERA. He was the last of the original Seattle Pilots to play for the Brewers, who traded him to California on October 23, 1973. His #308 came out in Topps' third series, listing him with Milwaukee.
Claude Edward Lockwood Jr., called Skip since he was two, signed with the Kansas City Athletics out of West Roxbury's Catholic Memorial High School in June 1964 - as a third baseman, despite going 22-2 on the mound in high school. When the Athletics slid a $35,000 contract across the table, the seventeen-year-old asked for the pen, wrote a 1 in front of the figure and handed it back; a phone call to owner Charlie Finley approved the $135,000. The bonus rule of the day parked him on the Kansas City bench for all of 1965, watching Ed Charles play third base and rooming with fellow bonus signee Catfish Hunter. After two more seasons in the minor leagues, the Athletics made him a pitcher, and Seattle took him in the 1968 expansion draft. He debuted on the mound for the Pilots in 1969, followed the franchise to Milwaukee, where he mostly started, and went to California in a nine-player trade. He pitched in relief for the New York Mets from 1975 through 1979, saving 19 games in 1976 and 20 in 1977. He finished with Boston in 1980. Off the field, he graduated cum laude from Emerson College in 1976 and added an MIT master's degree in 1983.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 111 | 2 | 41 | 52 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 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 #308 card?
It is card #308 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Skip Lockwood of the Milwaukee Brewers.
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.