2.5x3.5". The 1972 Topps Baseball set consists of 787 cards - the largest Topps issue of its time. The cards boast a vivid color photo in an arch shape and surrounded with a bi-color border, all of which are contained within the overall white border. The player's name is printed with a white panel below the picture while the team name is above the picture. Though no rarities per se, the "High-Numbers" (#526-787) are more difficult to obtain, particularly the cards of Steve Garvey (#686) and Rod Carew (#695), and card #91 and card #162 both reveal photo errors.

Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After his early death, he was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, becoming both the first Caribbean and the first Latin-American player to be enshrined. Because he died at a young age and had such a historic career, the Hall of Fame changed its rules of eligibility. As an alternative to a player having to be retired for five years before eligibility, a player who has been deceased for at least six months is eligible for entry. Some of his many career highlights include being a 15 time All-Star, a 12 time Gold Glove winner, two time World Series Champion and an NL MVP in 1966.