1974 Topps #494 Ed Goodson
About Ed Goodson
The season behind card #494 was Goodson's best: .302 with 12 home runs and 53 RBI in 102 games, most of them at third base with Dave Kingman moved across to first. He led the majors in hitting for almost two weeks and peaked at .333. On August 17 his finger caught in the buckle of catcher Dave Rader's chest protector, and 10 stitches ended his year.
Ed Goodson was a left-handed hitting first and third baseman who played eight seasons, 1970 to 1977, for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants made him the third overall pick of the June 1968 draft out of East Tennessee State, where he played shortstop. He hit .260 with 30 home runs and 170 RBI in 515 major league games, and knee and finger injuries cut into several seasons. The Giants sent him to Atlanta in June 1975, and the Dodgers acquired him that winter, after which he worked mostly as a pinch hitter. His last major league at-bat was a strikeout against Mike Torrez in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. A fractured skull from a pitch while with Portland in 1978 ended his playing days. He became head baseball coach at Grayson County High School in Virginia in 1982, the year of his induction into the East Tennessee State athletic hall of fame, and entered the Pulaski County Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 188 | 2 | 78 | 98 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1974 Topps #494 card?
It is card #494 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Goodson of the San Francisco Giants.
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.