1974 Topps #401 Elliott Maddox
About Elliott Maddox
The Yankees bought Maddox from Texas for $40,000 in March 1974. He hit .174 in April and .371 in May, and in late May manager Bill Virdon made him the regular center fielder and moved Bobby Murcer to right, and Maddox finished the year with 141 hits. The #401 card, though, still lists him with the Rangers, the club that had just sold him.
Elliott Maddox was a right-handed outfielder and third baseman who played 11 major league seasons, 1970 to 1980, for the Tigers, Senators, Rangers, Yankees, Orioles and Mets. He was a first-round pick of Detroit in the 1968 secondary draft after hitting .467 for Michigan, and in September 1970 he returned to Michigan for his senior year while still playing for the Tigers 40 miles away. His glove was the calling card: Ted Williams called him perhaps the best defensive center fielder in the American League, and in 1974 he led AL center fielders in assists and double plays. That same year he hit .303 for the Yankees and scored a career-high 75 runs. A fall on the wet Shea Stadium outfield on June 13, 1975 damaged his knee and led to two operations, and he later sued over the injury, losing at New York's highest court in 1985. He finished with a .261 average over 1,029 games. After baseball he became an investment banker, later a Yankees hitting instructor in 1990 and 1991, and in 2004 was inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 251 | 17 | 122 | 88 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 #401 card?
It is card #401 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Elliott Maddox of the Texas Rangers.
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.