1974 Topps #654 Jesus Alou
About Jesus Alou
Jesus Alou was traded from Houston to Oakland on July 31, 1973, which is why #654 shows him with the Athletics. He hit .282 in 64 games across the two clubs that year. In 1974 he batted .268 in 96 games for Oakland, which beat the Dodgers in the World Series. The card was printed twice, one version with his position on the front and one without.
Jesus Alou was a Dominican outfielder who played 15 major league seasons, the youngest of three baseball-playing brothers alongside Felipe and Matty Alou. Signed by the San Francisco Giants as a teenager out of Bajos de Haina, he worked his way up through the minors with strong batting averages and reached the majors in September 1963, joining a Giants outfield that briefly included all three brothers at once. He was a free swinger who struck out only 267 times in 4,345 career at-bats, a knack he credited to a childhood backyard game with his brothers in which a batter kept hitting as long as he did not strike out. After six years in San Francisco he moved on to the Houston Astros, then the Oakland Athletics, where he was a bench player on two World Series champions, before finishing his career with the New York Mets and a return to Houston. He survived a frightening on-field collision in 1969 that left him briefly unconscious. After retiring he spent decades working in scouting and player development for the Expos, Marlins and Red Sox.
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Print variations
Two states of #654 are tracked individually: 654a - Outfield (Corrected) and 654b - No Position (Front). The difference is on the front of the card (error correction).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry and the Trading Card Database; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 654a - Outfield (Corrected) | |||||||||
| PSA | 175 | 8 | 50 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 654b - No Position (Front) | |||||||||
| PSA | 380 | 19 | 105 | 172 | 39 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1974 Topps #654 card?
It is card #654 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jesus Alou of the Oakland Athletics.
Does 1974 Topps #654 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 654a - Outfield (Corrected) (Jesus Alou with his position, "Outfield", printed on the front - the corrected state of the pair and the base state here) and 654b - No Position (Front) (No position printed on the front - the error state, which Topps corrected by adding "Outfield"). Owning any one of them fills the #654 slot; the master set counts each state.
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.