1973 Topps #544 Von Joshua
About Von Joshua
Card #544 is a Dodgers issue from the fifth series, a high number. In 1973 he played 75 games, 46 of them in the outfield. He hit .252 with 40 hits in 159 at-bats. He added two home runs, 17 RBI and seven stolen bases.
Von Joshua was a left-handed-hitting outfielder from Oakland, California, who played ten major league seasons between 1969 and 1980 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres. He came out of Chabot College, where the Giants took him in the first round of the January 1967 draft, but he signed with the Dodgers instead. He hit .273 in 822 games with 610 hits, 30 home runs, 184 RBI and 55 stolen bases. After playing he turned to coaching, as hitting coach of the Albuquerque Dukes and the Iowa Cubs, and he served as Chicago Cubs hitting coach from June to October 2009.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 216 | 7 | 75 | 120 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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 #544 card?
It is card #544 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Von Joshua of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Why is #544 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.
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.