1974 Topps #365 Steve Busby
About Steve Busby
Busby went 22-14 in 1974 with 20 complete games and a club-record 292 1/3 innings, and on September 17 he became the Royals' second 20-game winner. He walked only George Scott in his June 19 no-hitter, a 2-0 win at Milwaukee. Card #365 pictures him with the Royals.
Steve Busby was a right-handed starter who spent his entire eight-year career, 1972 to 1980, with the Kansas City Royals. A USC pitcher who went 11-2 with a 1.92 ERA in 1971, he was the Royals' second-round pick that June. He threw the first no-hitter in club history in 1973 and a second in 1974, becoming the first pitcher to throw no-hitters in his first two full seasons, and was an All-Star in 1974 and 1975. He was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff in 1976, an injury that at the time ended a pitcher's career, and became the first baseball player to undergo rotator cuff surgery. He finished 70-54 with a 3.72 ERA and 659 strikeouts. He was among the first two players elected to the Royals Hall of Fame, entered the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2009 and later broadcast for the Texas Rangers.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 245 | 9 | 113 | 105 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 #365 card?
It is card #365 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Steve Busby of the Kansas City Royals.
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.