1974 Topps #137 Al Bumbry
About Al Bumbry
Bumbry arrived in 1974 as the reigning Rookie of the Year and slumped to .233 with one home run and 12 steals. He went without an RBI from July 15 to September 13, and married Lynda Bryant on August 12. The Orioles lost the ALCS to Oakland again. His Topps card is #137, with the Orioles.
Al Bumbry was a left-handed-hitting Baltimore Orioles outfielder, a leadoff man with speed who played 13 of his 14 seasons (1972-1984) in Baltimore and finished with the 1985 San Diego Padres. He was the 1973 American League Rookie of the Year, hitting .337 with 23 steals, and an All-Star in 1980, when he hit .318, scored 118 runs and became the first Oriole with 200 hits in a season. He was an 11th-round pick in 1968 out of Virginia State, where he played baseball only as a senior, batting .578. Two years in the Army, including time as a platoon leader in Vietnam, earned him a Bronze Star before his professional career resumed. He played in the 1979 and 1983 World Series, Baltimore winning in 1983, and retired with a .281 average, 1,422 hits and 254 steals. He later coached first base for Boston, Baltimore and Cleveland, and was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 219 | 9 | 82 | 115 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 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 1974 Topps #137 card?
It is card #137 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Bumbry of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.