1973 Topps #238 Tony Muser
About Tony Muser
Muser's rookie card, #238, sits in the second series of the 1973 set. The photo shows him with the White Sox, where he hit .279 in 44 games in 1972, including his first major league home run off Texas's Jim Panther on September 22. His 1971 callup had come in mid-July, when he filled in while other White Sox served military reserve duty, and he hit .312 in 11 games.
Tony Muser was a left-handed first baseman who played nine major league seasons, 1969 to 1978, for the Red Sox, White Sox, Orioles and Brewers. Signed by Boston in 1967 out of San Diego Mesa Junior College, he was valued for his glove: he handled 433 chances in 1974 with one error and finished with a .992 fielding percentage. At bat he hit .259 with seven home runs in 663 games. After a season in Japan with the Seibu Lions in 1979, he began a second career as a manager and coach, leading Stockton to the 1980 league title and Denver to the 1991 American Association pennant. He served as Milwaukee's third base coach until a natural gas explosion at the Brewers' spring training complex in 1986 burned about half his body. He coached for the Cubs, then managed the Kansas City Royals from July 1997 until he was fired in 2002, and later was Padres bench coach.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 256 | 11 | 114 | 109 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #238 card?
It is card #238 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tony Muser of the Chicago White Sox.
Is 1973 Topps #238 a rookie card?
Yes - #238 is the 1973 Topps rookie card of Tony Muser.
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.