1974 Topps #274 Fred Beene
About Fred Beene
Card #274 carries the Yankees, but Beene had pitched in six games for New York in 1974 when the April 26 trade sent him to Cleveland. Fritz Peterson, Steve Kline and Tom Buskey went with him, and Chris Chambliss, Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw came to New York. Mel Stottlemyre's reaction was that you do not trade four pitchers. Beene finished the season 4-4 with a 4.66 ERA and three saves.
Fred Beene was a 5-foot-9, 155-pound right-handed reliever who pitched in the majors for the Orioles, Yankees and Indians between 1968 and 1975, finishing 12-7 with a 3.62 ERA and eight saves. Orioles scout Dee Phillips signed him out of Sam Houston State in 1964 for $6,000. At Elmira in 1965 he worked 12 relief innings to win a game that was then the longest in professional baseball history. Baltimore's deep staff kept him at Triple-A Rochester for years, where he won 46 games and was later inducted into the Rochester hall of fame. Baltimore dealt him to San Diego in December 1970, but an elbow injury sent him back to the Orioles in May 1971, and the Yankees acquired him from Baltimore for Dale Spier in January 1972. After retiring he scouted for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1981 to 2000, and one prospect he pushed the club to draft was Jim Morris.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 184 | 3 | 56 | 97 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 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 #274 card?
It is card #274 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Fred Beene of the New York Yankees.
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.