1974 Topps #201 1973 Batting Leaders - Rod Carew / Pete Rose
On this card: Rod Carew, Pete Rose
About this card
Cards #201-208 are the League Leaders subset: the 1973 leaders in batting, home runs, runs batted in, stolen bases, victories, earned run average and strikeouts, and the leading firemen (#208), each card pairing the American League leader with the National League leader.
The story on this card
Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins won the American League batting title at .350, his third, and also led the league with 203 hits and 11 triples. He had been hitting .246 at the end of April. Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds led the National League at .338 with 230 hits and won the NL Most Valuable Player Award. Topps put the two on #201 of the 1974 set, the first of eight League Leaders cards numbered #201-208, with Carew printed with the Twins and Rose with the Reds.
Rod Carew batted .328 over 19 seasons with the Twins and Angels. The second baseman and first baseman won seven American League batting titles, made 18 All-Star teams and entered the Hall of Fame in 1991. Pete Rose - Cincinnati's hometown signing who became "Charlie Hustle," the National League Rookie of the Year in 1963, the 1973 NL MVP and the Big Red Machine's leadoff man, later baseball's all-time hits leader with 4,256.
Sources: Wikipedia (Rod Carew) · Wikipedia (Pete Rose) · SABR BioProject (Rod Carew) · SABR BioProject (Pete Rose) · Baseball Almanac (Pete Rose) · MLB.com · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 931 | 2 | 105 | 410 | 156 | 83 | 86 | 89 | 0 |
| SGC | 138 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 37 | 1 |
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 1974 Topps #201 card?
It is card #201 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rod Carew and Pete Rose. Cards #201-208 are the League Leaders subset: the 1973 leaders in batting, home runs, runs batted in, stolen bases, victories, earned run average and strikeouts, and the leading firemen (#208), each card pairing the American League leader with the National League leader.
How many cards are in the 1974 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, tracked as 678 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 660 with none skipped, issued all at once as a single series and printed in equal quantities; 17 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - fourteen San Diego / "Washington Nat'l Lea." pairs (thirteen Padres player cards and the #226 team card), the three-state #599 Rookie Pitchers, the #608 Apodaco misspelling and the #654 Jesus Alou front without a position.
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.