1974 Topps #226 San Diego Padres
Hall of Famers on the 1973 San Diego Padres roster: Dave Winfield.
About this card
This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club. Managers have cards of their own this year, separate from the team cards, and the Athletics, Yankees and Padres have a team card but no manager card. #246 reads "Oakland A's" on the front, and #226 San Diego Padres is one of the cards also printed with "Washington Nat'l Lea." as the team name.
The story on this card
The 1973 Padres, who played at San Diego Stadium, went 60-102 under Don Zimmer, sixth in the National League West, and scored 548 runs while allowing 770. On June 19, Dave Winfield, straight from the University of Minnesota with no minor league games behind him, debuted against Houston and went 1-for-4. Mike Caldwell led the staff with 10 saves. The franchise was also in limbo: it was sold in May 1973 with a move to Washington planned, and a prototype red, white and blue uniform was shown. Ray Kroc bought the club in January 1974 and kept it in San Diego. Topps was mid-run on its 1974 set, so the team card #226 exists with the city line reading Washington "Nat'l Lea." as well as the common San Diego printing.
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Print variations
Two states of #226 are tracked individually: 226a - San Diego Padres (Corrected) and 226b - Washington Nat'l Lea. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226a - San Diego Padres (Corrected) | |||||||||
| PSA | 202 | 1 | 38 | 105 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 49 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 226b - Washington Nat'l Lea. | |||||||||
| PSA | 399 | 0 | 42 | 189 | 79 | 44 | 22 | 23 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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. 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 #226 card?
It is card #226 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing the San Diego Padres. This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club. Managers have cards of their own this year, separate from the team cards, and the Athletics, Yankees and Padres have a team card but no manager card. #246 reads "Oakland A's" on the front, and #226 San Diego Padres is one of the cards also printed with "Washington Nat'l Lea." as the team name.
Is #226 one of the red 1974 Topps team checklists?
No. #226 San Diego Padres is a numbered team card inside the 660-card set, printed with the San Diego name and with "Washington Nat'l Lea."; the red team checklists are a separate insert set of 24 unnumbered cards and are not part of the 660.
Does 1974 Topps #226 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 226a - San Diego Padres (Corrected) (The team card printed with the San Diego Padres name - the reprint, and the common state of the pair) and 226b - Washington Nat'l Lea. (The team card printed with "Washington Nat'l Lea." on the front in place of the Padres name - the first printing and the scarcer state of the pair). Owning any one of them fills the #226 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.