1974 Topps #297 Hal Breeden
About Hal Breeden
Breeden singled home the tying run in the ninth inning at Pittsburgh on April 10, 1974. He finished 3-for-5 with 3 RBI as Montreal won 12-8 in 13 innings. He batted .247 with 2 home runs and 20 RBI that season. He played 79 games, 56 of them at first base. His 1974 Topps card, #297, lists him with the Expos.
Hal Breeden was a first baseman who hit right-handed and threw left-handed, a combination that made him a rarity. Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as a free agent in 1963, he hit .406 in 75 games for Yakima in 1964. In 1970 he hit 37 home runs in 136 games for Richmond, and on November 30 the Cubs gave up Hoyt Wilhelm to get him, a straight-up deal with Atlanta. He debuted on April 7, 1971, against Steve Carlton and the Cardinals, pinch hitting for Earl Stephenson and grounding out, and spent part of that season as a teammate of his brother, catcher Danny Breeden. He played for Montreal from 1972 to 1975, and on July 13, 1973, he hit two pinch-hit home runs in one doubleheader, tying the record Joe Cronin set for the 1943 Red Sox. Tommy John called him a good pull hitter. His last big-league game came on September 11, 1975, and he finished with 21 home runs in 273 games. He then played three seasons in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers and later served as sheriff of Lee County, Georgia, for twenty years, until 2008.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 161 | 1 | 86 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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 #297 card?
It is card #297 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hal Breeden of the Montreal Expos.
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.
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