1973 Topps #150 Wilbur Wood
About Wilbur Wood
The Sporting News named Wilbur Wood its Pitcher of the Year for 1972, a season in which he threw 20 complete games and struck out 193. Topps gave him two 1973 cards: #66, the first-series League Leaders card for wins shared with Steve Carlton and Gaylord Perry, and #150, a second-series card with the White Sox. The next year he went 24-20, matching Walter Johnson's 1916 feat of winning and losing 20 or more games.
Wilbur Wood grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts, starring as a pitcher, quarterback and hockey defenseman before signing with his hometown Boston Red Sox in 1960. Relying on a fastball and curveball, he pitched sparingly over parts of four seasons with Boston and two with the Pittsburgh Pirates. After he was named the International League's most outstanding pitcher in 1966, the Chicago White Sox acquired him, and knuckleball specialist Hoyt Wilhelm taught him to throw the pitch full time. Wood set a major league record with 88 appearances in 1968, including 2 starts. He moved into the rotation in 1971 and won 20 or more games four straight years, leading the American League in wins twice and in starts for four consecutive seasons. He pitched 17 seasons in the majors, three times an All-Star, before retiring after the 1978 season and settling back in the Boston area.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 156 | 3 | 58 | 75 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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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Related cards
More Wilbur Wood in this set: #66 League Leaders
Team card: #481 Chicago White Sox
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #20 Stan Bahnsen
- #42 Mike Andrews
- #62 1972 Home Run Leaders
- #63 1972 Runs Batted In Leaders
- #66 1972 Victory Leaders
- #73 Ed Herrmann
- #105 Carlos May
- #129 Terry Forster
- #174 Rich Gossage
- #194 Jorge Orta
- #238 Tony Muser
- #261 Pat Kelly
- #287 Eddie Leon
- #310 Dick Allen
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1973 Topps #150 card?
It is card #150 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox.
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.