1974 Topps #516 Horacio Pina
About Horacio Pina
Pina's #516 lists the Oakland Athletics, but they dealt him to the Cubs for Bob Locker at the winter meetings on December 3, 1973. He pitched 45 games for Chicago and California in 1974, going 4-6 with a 3.66 ERA, then went home to Mexico.
Horacio Pina was a lanky Mexican side-arm reliever who pitched 314 major league games between 1968 and 1978, going 23-23 with 38 saves. Born in Matamoros, Coahuila, he picked up baseball at 17 after growing up as a soccer goalie, and a friend in Gomez Palacio hung the nickname El Ejote on him in 1963 when he was tall and very thin. Cleveland bought his contract from Puebla in August 1968, and he later pitched for Washington, Texas, Oakland, the Cubs, the Angels and, briefly, the Phillies. He was the first Mexican player to win a World Series ring, with the 1973 Oakland Athletics. In Mexico he threw a no-hitter in 1975 and a perfect game on July 12, 1978, in a 21-4, 1.94 season that earned a final two-game stint with Philadelphia. He spent twelve winters with the Culiacan Tomateros and entered the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 237 | 21 | 113 | 85 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #516 card?
It is card #516 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Horacio Pina of the Oakland Athletics.
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.