1974 Topps #286 Tony Muser
About Tony Muser
Card #286 follows a 1973 season in which Muser played 109 games, filling in at first base for the injured Dick Allen for part of the year. He hit .285 with four home runs and 30 RBI, setting career highs in homers and RBI. On September 9 he went 4-for-5 and drove in four runs, three of them on a bases-loaded triple. In 1974 he was mostly a defensive replacement, batting .291 in 103 games.
Tony Muser was a left-handed first baseman who played nine major league seasons, 1969 to 1978, for the Red Sox, White Sox, Orioles and Brewers. Signed by Boston in 1967 out of San Diego Mesa Junior College, he was valued for his glove: he handled 433 chances in 1974 with one error and finished with a .992 fielding percentage. At bat he hit .259 with seven home runs in 663 games. After a season in Japan with the Seibu Lions in 1979, he began a second career as a manager and coach, leading Stockton to the 1980 league title and Denver to the 1991 American Association pennant. He served as Milwaukee's third base coach until a natural gas explosion at the Brewers' spring training complex in 1986 burned about half his body. He coached for the Cubs, then managed the Kansas City Royals from July 1997 until he was fired in 2002, and later was Padres bench coach.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 270 | 18 | 138 | 103 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 1 | 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 #286 card?
It is card #286 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tony Muser of the Chicago White Sox.
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.