1974 Topps #594 Leroy Stanton
About Leroy Stanton
Working with new Angels third-base coach Whitey Herzog, Stanton hit .390 with four home runs and 14 RBIs through April 23, when a pitch from Baltimore's Ross Grimsley broke a metacarpal in his left hand and sidelined him five weeks. He stayed above .300 into early August and finished at .267 with 11 home runs and 62 RBIs for a 68-94 club, the worst record in the American League. His Angels card in this set is #594.
Leroy Stanton was a right-handed outfielder who played nine seasons for the Mets, Angels and Mariners and was the player the Angels insisted on in the December 1971 trade that sent Nolan Ryan to California for Jim Fregosi. The seventh child of a Latta, South Carolina tenant farmer, he signed with Mets scout Julian Morgan in 1964, was beaned in his first pro season and lost two years to Army service in Germany. He was the Angels' regular right fielder from 1972 to 1975, and in 1975 he led the majors with 16 outfield assists and shared the club's MVP award with Frank Tanana. Seattle took him in the 1976 expansion draft, and he hit a career-high 27 home runs for the first Mariners team. He finished with 77 home runs and an identical .244 average and .388 slugging mark against lefties and righties, at home and on the road. He later coached in the Blue Jays system and ran his own trucking company, Stanton Trucking, until 2015.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 220 | 7 | 99 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 #594 card?
It is card #594 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Leroy Stanton of the California Angels.
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.