1974 Topps #204 1973 Stolen Base Leaders - Tommy Harper / Lou Brock
On this card: Tommy Harper, Lou Brock
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
Card #204 in the 1974 Topps League Leaders run, #201-208, covers the 1973 stolen base race. Tommy Harper is printed with the Boston Red Sox and Lou Brock with the St. Louis Cardinals, one leader from each league. Harper led the American League with 54 stolen bases for Boston, up from 25 the year before. He hit .281 with 17 home runs. Brock stole 70 for St. Louis. His 50th steal that August came in his ninth season of 50 or more and broke a record set by Ty Cobb.
Tommy Harper was a fast outfielder who led the American League in stolen bases twice, joined the 30-30 club with Milwaukee in 1970 and made his only All-Star team that year, then stole a club-record 54 bases as Boston's 1973 team MVP. Cardinals outfielder Lou Brock had helped Southern University win an NAIA championship. In the final against Omaha University, he hit a tiebreaking home run and drove in three runs in a 10-2 victory.
Sources: Wikipedia (Lou Brock) · Wikipedia (Tommy Harper) · SABR BioProject (Tommy Harper) · SABR BioProject (Lou Brock) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball-Reference (Lou Brock) · Baseball Almanac (Tommy Harper) · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 421 | 5 | 101 | 201 | 50 | 28 | 13 | 23 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 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 1974 Topps #204 card?
It is card #204 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tommy Harper and Lou Brock. 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.