1974 Topps #652 Gail Hopkins
About Gail Hopkins
Hopkins finished his major league career with the Dodgers in 1974, getting 4 hits in 18 at-bats over 15 games. Los Angeles won the National League pennant, and he was on that roster without appearing in the postseason. Card #652 lists him with Kansas City, where he had played from 1971 to 1973.
Gail Hopkins was a left-handed-hitting first baseman and catcher who played 514 major league games from 1968 to 1974 for the White Sox, Royals and Dodgers. A catcher at Pepperdine, he was an All-American in 1963 and became the first Pepperdine baseball player to reach the majors. He played for the Edmonton Oilers of the Western Canadian Baseball League in 1964 before signing with Chicago. He was known as a hard man to strike out, with one of the lowest strikeout-to-at-bat ratios of his time. After the majors he played in Japan from 1975 to 1977 for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Nankai Hawks, setting a Carp home run record with 33 in 1975 and batting .329 in 1976, when he played in the Japanese All-Star game. He then left baseball for medicine, earned an M.D. at Rush Medical College and practiced orthopedic surgery in California, Illinois and West Virginia.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 177 | 8 | 88 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1974 Topps #652 card?
It is card #652 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gail Hopkins of the Kansas City Royals.
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.