1974 Topps #70 Dick Allen
About Dick Allen
Allen signed a three-year, $750,000 contract on February 27, 1973, making him the highest-paid player in baseball. A fractured fibula in June, suffered in a collision with Mike Epstein, limited him to 72 games; he batted .316 with 16 home runs. Card #70 shows him with the White Sox. Card #332 pairs him with Hank Aaron, who finished 1973 with 713 home runs, as the All-Stars first basemen.
Richard Anthony "Dick" Allen played first base, third base and the outfield during fifteen major league seasons (1963-1977) with the Phillies, Cardinals, Dodgers, White Sox and Athletics. Philadelphia signed him out of Wampum, Pennsylvania, in 1960 for a reported $70,000. Although the Phillies called him Richie, family and friends knew him as Dick, and he asked writers to use that name. He won the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year award and the 1972 American League Most Valuable Player award with Chicago. A seven-time All-Star, he led his league in slugging percentage three times. In Philadelphia he faced racist abuse and objects thrown from the stands; he wore a batting helmet while fielding and became known as Crash. Allen finished with a .292 average and 351 home runs in 1,749 games. His career slugging percentage was .534, with a 156 OPS+. He died in 2020 and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 443 | 4 | 73 | 211 | 70 | 47 | 17 | 21 | 0 |
| SGC | 60 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 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 Dick Allen in this set: #332 All-Stars
Team card: #416 Chicago White Sox
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #22 Cy Acosta
- #46 Pat Kelly
- #96 Jerry Hairston
- #120 Wilbur Wood
- #147 Bart Johnson
- #170 Bill Melton
- #195 Carlos May
- #205 1973 Victory Leaders
- #221 White Sox Field Leaders
- #254 Stan Bahnsen
- #286 Tony Muser
- #310 Terry Forster
- #332 All-Star First Basemen
- #357 Buddy Bradford
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1974 Topps #70 card?
It is card #70 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Allen of the Chicago White Sox.
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.