1973 Topps #477 The All-Time Victory Leader - Cy Young
About this card
Cards #1 and #471-478 are the All-Time Leaders: #1 All-Time Home Run Leaders pictures Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, and #471-478 each name one all-time record holder - Ty Cobb (hits and batting), Lou Gehrig (grand slams), Hank Aaron (total bases), Babe Ruth (RBI), Walter Johnson (shutouts and strikeouts) and Cy Young (victories).
The story on this card
Topps gave Young the wins entry, #477, in the 1973 All-Time Leaders subset, a fourth-series card printed with the Cleveland Indians, though he pitched in Cleveland for the Spiders and the Naps. Walter Johnson, second on the career wins list, finished 94 behind him. Young won 20 or more games in 15 seasons, two more than Christy Mathewson or Warren Spahn.
Cy Young pitched 22 major-league seasons and set career records that still stand for wins (511), losses, games started and complete games. A farm boy from Gilmore, Ohio, who left school after the sixth grade, he reached the majors from Canton of the Tri-State League. He debuted with the Cleveland Spiders on August 6, 1890, beating Chicago 8-1 on three hits. In 1892 he led the National League in wins, ERA and shutouts. The Spiders' owners shifted him to St. Louis in 1899, and in 1901 he jumped to the new American League's Boston club and won the pitching Triple Crown at 33-10. He threw the first pitch of the 1903 World Series, lost that game, and won two more as Boston beat Pittsburgh. He threw no-hitters in 1897, 1904 and 1908. The 1904 game was a perfect game against Rube Waddell and the Athletics, the first in American League history. The 1908 game made him the oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter, a mark that stood until Nolan Ryan broke it. He finished with a 2.63 ERA and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1937. The award for the best pitcher each year was named for him in 1956.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 373 | 0 | 26 | 145 | 81 | 39 | 24 | 58 | 0 |
| SGC | 60 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 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 #477 card?
It is card #477 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Cy Young of the Cleveland Indians. Cards #1 and #471-478 are the All-Time Leaders: #1 All-Time Home Run Leaders pictures Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, and #471-478 each name one all-time record holder - Ty Cobb (hits and batting), Lou Gehrig (grand slams), Hank Aaron (total bases), Babe Ruth (RBI), Walter Johnson (shutouts and strikeouts) and Cy Young (victories).
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.