1974 Topps #89 Jackie Brown
About Jackie Brown
In 1973 Brown started three of his 25 games for Texas, going 5-5 with a 3.92 ERA and two saves. He appears with the Rangers on #89. In 1974 he started 26 of his 35 games and struck out 134 batters.
Jackie Brown was a right-handed pitcher from Holdenville, Oklahoma, who worked as both starter and reliever for the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers, the Cleveland Indians and the Montreal Expos between 1970 and 1977. His older brother Paul also pitched in the majors. In 1974 he went 13-12 with a 3.57 ERA in 216 2/3 innings for Texas, with nine complete games and two shutouts. Over seven seasons he went 47-53 with a 4.18 ERA in 214 games, 105 of them starts. Cleveland traded him to Montreal for Andre Thornton in December 1976, and he finished with the Expos in 1977. He later coached pitchers for the Rangers from 1979 to 1982, the White Sox from 1992 to 1995 and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2002, and worked as a minor-league pitching coordinator. He died in Holdenville on January 8, 2017.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 12 | 80 | 110 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 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 #89 card?
It is card #89 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jackie Brown 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.