1973 Topps #594 Vic Harris
About Vic Harris
Texas moved Harris from second base to center field for 1973, and he played 152 games and batted .249 with 8 home runs, his best season in the majors. His first homer came May 11 off Vida Blue, Gene Michael of the Yankees caught him in a hidden-ball trick on June 6, and he scored the first run of Jim Bibby's July 30 no-hitter at Oakland. Card #594 is his rookie card and a high number from the fifth series.
Vic Harris was a switch-hitting utility player who appeared in 579 major-league games between 1972 and 1980 for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers, covering second base, shortstop, third base and all three outfield spots. A Los Angeles High School graduate who starred at Los Angeles Valley College, he was Oakland's first-round pick in the 1970 secondary draft and reached the majors when the A's traded him to Texas on July 20, 1972. He debuted the next day and went hitless in his first 36 at-bats, a modern record for debut futility, before an RBI single off Stan Bahnsen on August 8. His last big-league game, on October 5, 1980, ended with a walk-off single in the 15th inning against Oakland, the club that had drafted him; it was the only walk-off hit of his career. With no major-league offers, he signed with Japan's Kintetsu Buffaloes for 1981 and hit .268 with a team-leading 22 home runs. On July 5 against Seibu he became only the fourth player in Japanese baseball history to homer from both sides of the plate in one game.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 129 | 0 | 18 | 71 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 #594 card?
It is card #594 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Vic Harris of the Texas Rangers.
Is 1973 Topps #594 a rookie card?
Yes - #594 is the 1973 Topps rookie card of Vic Harris.
Why is #594 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the fifth and last print series, #529-660 - the scarce end of the set.
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.
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