1974 Topps #200 Cesar Cedeno
About Cesar Cedeno
Cedeno hit .320 again in 1973, second in the league to Pete Rose, with 25 home runs and 56 steals, and fans voted him an All-Star starter. In December a woman died of a gunshot in a Santo Domingo motel room where he was; he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on January 15, 1974, and fined $100. He appears on #200 for Houston and on All-Stars #337, shared with Amos Otis of Kansas City.
Cesar Cedeno was a center fielder who played 17 major league seasons, 1970 to 1986, most of them with the Houston Astros, then the Reds, Cardinals and Dodgers. Signed out of Santo Domingo at 16 by scouts Pat Gillick and Tony Pacheco, he joined the Astros at 19 and combined power, speed and defense. He hit 20 home runs and stole 50 bases in three straight seasons, 1972 through 1974, which no other player has done. He won Gold Gloves from 1972 to 1976, made four All-Star teams and finished with 2,087 hits, 199 home runs and 550 stolen bases; his 487 steals with Houston are still the Astros career record. Houston manager Leo Durocher once said that at 22 Cedeno was as good as or better than Willie Mays had been at that age. He was traded to Cincinnati for Ray Knight after the 1981 season and reached the 1985 World Series with St. Louis. Houston inducted him into the Astros Hall of Fame in 2020.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 267 | 6 | 92 | 144 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 Cesar Cedeno in this set: #337 All-Stars
Team card: #154 Houston Astros
More Houston Astros cards:
- #21 Bob Gallagher
- #31 Astros Field Leaders
- #43 Jim Wynn
- #67 Tommy Helms
- #91 Ken Forsch
- #177 Dave Roberts
- #224 Roger Metzger
- #256 Tom Griffin
- #279 Jim Crawford
- #293 Milt May
- #304 Don Wilson
- #328 Skip Jutze
- #337 All-Star Center Fielders
- #370 Bob Watson
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1974 Topps #200 card?
It is card #200 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Cesar Cedeno of the Houston Astros.
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.