1973 Topps #205 World Series Game No. 3: Reds Win Squeaker
Uncorrected error: The front misspells "Squeaker" as "Squeeker".
Pictures a Hall of Famer: Tony Perez.
About this card
Cards #203-210 cover the 1972 World Series between the Oakland Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds game by game, Games 1 through 7, and #210 World Champions closes the run.
The story on this card
Tony Perez is the subject of #205, the Game 3 card of the 1973 Topps World Series Highlights, and the front spells the word squeaker as "squeeker", an error Topps never corrected. Rain pushed the game from October 17 to October 18 at the Oakland Coliseum, and Cincinnati won 1-0 behind Jack Billingham, who held the Athletics to three hits in eight innings. The only run came in the seventh, when Cesar Geronimo singled home Perez. Perez slipped on the damp grass rounding third but still scored, and shortstop Bert Campaneris seemingly did not notice the fall. Clay Carroll pitched the ninth for the save. It was the Reds' first win of a Series they trailed 2-0. The card was issued in the second series.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 254 | 3 | 87 | 116 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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 #205 card?
It is card #205 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, World Series Game No. 3: Reds Win Squeaker. Cards #203-210 cover the 1972 World Series between the Oakland Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds game by game, Games 1 through 7, and #210 World Champions closes the run.
Does 1973 Topps #205 have an error?
The front misspells "Squeaker" as "Squeeker". It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #205 reads the same way.
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.