1975 Topps box

Description

1975 Topps is a 660-card set. Considered by many to be one of the classic card sets of the era, the design was radically different in appearance from sets of the preceding years. The most prominent change was the use of a two-color frame surrounding the picture area rather than a single, subdued color. A facsimile autograph appears on the picture, and the backs are printed in red and green on gray.

Cards 189-212 depict the MVP's of both leagues from 1951 through 1974. The first seven cards (1-7) feature players (listed in alphabetical order) breaking records or achieving milestones during the previous season. Cards 306-313 picture league leaders in various statistical categories. Cards 459-466 depict the results of post-season action. Team cards feature a checklist back for players on that team and show a small inset photo of the manager on the front. The following players' regular issue cards are explicitly denoted as All-Stars, 1, 50, 80, 140, 170, 180, 260, 320, 350, 390, 400, 420, 440, 470, 530, 570, and 600.

This set is quite popular with collectors, at least in part due to the fact that the Rookie Cards of George Brett, Gary Carter, Keith Hernandez, Fred Lynn, Jim Rice and Robin Yount are all in the set.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, ten cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.15)

Cello: 24 packs per box, 18 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.25). 15 cello boxes to a case.

Rack: 42 cards per packs (MSRP: $0.49)

500-card vending boxes.

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Cards	Total Cards
Base	660

Checklist

Base Set

1 Hank Aaron (Highlight)

2 Lou Brock (Highlight)

3 Bob Gibson (Highlight)

4 Al Kaline (Highlight)

5 Nolan Ryan (Highlight)

6 Mike Marshall (Highlight)

7 Nolan Ryan, Steve Busby, Dick Bosman (Highlight)

8 Rogelio Moret

9 Frank Tepedino

10 Willie Davis

11 Bill Melton

12 David Clyde

13 Gene Locklear RC

14 Milt Wilcox

15 Jose Cardenal

16 Frank Tanana

17 Dave Concepcion

18 Detroit Tigers (Manager: Ralph Houk)

19 Jerry Koosman

20 Thurman Munson

21 Rollie Fingers

22 Dave Cash

23 Bill Russell

24 Al Fitzmorris

25 Lee May

26 Dave McNally

27 Ken Reitz

28 Tom Murphy

29 Dave Parker

30 Bert Blyleven

31 Dave Rader

32 Reggie Cleveland

33 Dusty Baker

34 Steve Renko

35 Ron Santo

36 Joe Lovitto

37 Dave Freisleben

38 Buddy Bell

39 Andre Thornton

40 Bill Singer

41 Cesar Geronimo

42 Joe Coleman

43 Cleon Jones

44 Pat Dobson

45 Joe Rudi

46 Philadelphia Phillies (Manager: Danny Ozark)

47 Tommy John

48 Freddie Patek

49 Larry Dierker

50 Brooks Robinson

51 Bob Forsch RC

52 Darrell Porter

53 Dave Giusti

54 Eric Soderholm

55 Bobby Bonds

56 Rick Wise

57 Dave Johnson

58 Chuck Taylor

59 Ken Henderson

60 Fergie Jenkins

61 Dave Winfield

62 Fritz Peterson

63 Steve Swisher RC

64 Dave Chalk

65 Don Gullett

66 Willie Horton

67 Tug McGraw

68 Ron Blomberg

69 John Odom

70 Mike Schmidt

71 Charlie Hough

72 Kansas City Royals (Manager: Jack McKeon)

73 J.R. Richard

74 Mark Belanger

75 Ted Simmons

76 Ed Sprague

77 Richie Zisk

78 Ray Corbin

79 Gary Matthews

80 Carlton Fisk

81 Ron Reed

82 Pat Kelly

83 Jim Merritt

84 Enzo Hernandez

85 Bill Bonham

86 Joe Lis

87 George Foster

88 Tom Egan

89 Jim Ray

90 Rusty Staub

91 Dick Green

92 Cecil Upshaw

93 Davey Lopes

94 Jim Lonborg

95 John Mayberry

96 Mike Cosgrove RC

97 Earl Williams

98 Rich Folkers

99 Mike Hegan

100 Willie Stargell

101 Montreal Expos (Manager: Gene Mauch)

102 Joe Decker

103 Rick Miller

104 Bill Madlock

105 Buzz Capra

106 Mike Hargrove RC

107 Jim Barr

108 Tom Hall

109 George Hendrick

110 Wilbur Wood

111 Wayne Garrett

112 Larry Hardy RC

113 Elliott Maddox

114 Dick Lange

115 Joe Ferguson

116 Lerrin LaGrow

117 Baltimore Orioles (Manager: Earl Weaver)

118 Mike Anderson

119 Tommy Helms

120 Steve Busby UER (Photo is of Fran Healy)

121 Bill North

122 Al Hrabosky

123 Johnny Briggs

124 Jerry Reuss

125 Ken Singleton

126 Checklist 1-132

127 Glenn Borgmann

128 Bill Lee

129 Rick Monday

130 Phil Niekro

131 Toby Harrah

132 Randy Moffitt

133 Dan Driessen

134 Ron Hodges

135 Charlie Spikes

136 Jim Mason

137 Terry Forster

138 Del Unser

139 Horacio Pina

140 Steve Garvey

141 Mickey Stanley

142 Bob Reynolds

143 Cliff Johnson RC

144 Jim Wohlford

145 Ken Holtzman

146 San Diego Padres (Manager: John McNamara)

147 Pedro Garcia

148 Jim Rooker

149 Tim Foli

150 Bob Gibson

151 Steve Brye

152 Mario Guerrero

153 Rick Reuschel

154 Mike Lum

155 Jim Bibby

156 Dave Kingman

157 Pedro Borbon

158 Jerry Grote

159 Steve Arlin

160 Graig Nettles

161 Stan Bahnsen

162 Willie Montanez

163 Jim Brewer

164 Mickey Rivers

165 Doug Rader

166 Woodie Fryman

167 Rich Coggins

168 Bill Greif

169 Cookie Rojas

170 Bert Campaneris

171 Ed Kirkpatrick

172 Boston Red Sox (Manager: Darrell Johnson)

173 Steve Rogers

174 Bake McBride

175 Don Money

176 Burt Hooton

177 Vic Correll RC

178 Cesar Tovar

179 Tom Bradley

180 Joe Morgan

181 Fred Beene

182 Don Hahn

183 Mel Stottlemyre

184 Jorge Orta

185 Steve Carlton

186 Willie Crawford

187 Denny Doyle

188 Tom Griffin

189 1951 MVP's

190 1952 MVP's

191 1953 MVP's

192 1954 MVP's

193 1955 MVP's

194 1956 MVP's

195 1957 MVP's

196 1958 MVP's

197 1959 MVP's

198 1960 MVP's

199 1961 MVP's

200 1962 MVP's

201 1963 MVP's

202 1964 MVP's

203 1965 MVP's

204 1966 MVP's

205 1967 MVP's

206 1968 MVP's

207 1969 MVP's

208 1970 MVP's

209 1971 MVP's

210 1972 MVP's

211 1973 MVP's

212 1974 MVP's

213 Oscar Gamble

214 Harry Parker

215 Bobby Valentine

216 San Francisco Giants (Manager: Wes Westrum)

217 Lou Piniella

218 Jerry Johnson

219 Ed Herrmann

220 Don Sutton

221 Aurelio Rodriguez

222 Dan Spillner RC

223 Robin Yount RC

224 Ramon Hernandez

225 Bob Grich

226 Bill Campbell

227 Bob Watson

228 George Brett RC

229 Barry Foote

230 Jim Hunter

231 Mike Tyson

232 Diego Segui

233 Billy Grabarkewitz

234 Tom Grieve

235 Jack Billingham

236 California Angels (Manager: Dick Williams)

237 Carl Morton

238 Dave Duncan

239 George Stone

240 Garry Maddox

241 Dick Tidrow

242 Jay Johnstone

243 Jim Kaat

244 Bill Buckner

245 Mickey Lolich

246 St.Louis Cardinals (Manager: Red Schoendienst)

247 Enos Cabell

248 Randy Jones

249 Danny Thompson

250 Ken Brett

251 Fran Healy

252 Fred Scherman

253 Jesus Alou

254 Mike Torrez

255 Dwight Evans

256 Billy Champion

257 Checklist: 133-264

258 Dave LaRoche

259 Len Randle

260 Johnny Bench

261 Andy Hassler RC

262 Rowland Office RC

263 Jim Perry

264 John Milner

265 Ron Bryant

266 Sandy Alomar

267 Dick Ruthven

268 Hal McRae

269 Doug Rau

270 Ron Fairly

271 Gerry Moses

272 Lynn McGlothen

273 Steve Braun

274 Vicente Romo

275 Paul Blair

276 Chicago White Sox (Manager: Chuck Tanner)

277 Frank Taveras

278 Paul Lindblad

279 Milt May

280 Carl Yastrzemski

281 Jim Slaton

282 Jerry Morales

283 Steve Foucault

284 Ken Griffey Sr.

285 Ellie Rodriguez

286 Mike Jorgensen

287 Roric Harrison

288 Bruce Ellingsen RC

289 Ken Rudolph

290 Jon Matlack

291 Bill Sudakis

292 Ron Schueler

293 Dick Sharon

294 Geoff Zahn RC

295 Vada Pinson

296 Alan Foster

297 Craig Kusick RC

298 Johnny Grubb

299 Bucky Dent

300 Reggie Jackson

301 Dave Roberts

302 Rick Burleson RC

303 Grant Jackson

304 Pittsburgh Pirates (Manager: Danny Murtaugh)

305 Jim Colborn

306 Batting Leaders

307 Home Run Leaders

308 RBI Leaders

309 Stolen Base Leaders

310 Victory Leaders

311 ERA Leaders

312 Strikeout Leaders

313 Firemen Leaders

314 Buck Martinez

315 Don Kessinger

316 Jackie Brown

317 Joe Lahoud

318 Ernie McAnally

319 Johnny Oates

320 Pete Rose

321 Rudy May

322 Ed Goodson

323 Fred Holdsworth

324 Ed Kranepool

325 Tony Oliva

326 Wayne Twitchell

327 Jerry Hairston

328 Sonny Siebert

329 Ted Kubiak

330 Mike Marshall

331 Cleveland Indians (Manager: Frank Robinson)

332 Fred Kendall

333 Dick Drago

334 Greg Gross RC

335 Jim Palmer

336 Rennie Stennett

337 Kevin Kobel

338 Rich Stelmaszek

339 Jim Fregosi

340 Paul Splittorff

341 Hal Breeden

342 Leroy Stanton

343 Danny Frisella

344 Ben Oglivie

345 Clay Carroll

346 Bobby Darwin

347 Mike Caldwell

348 Tony Muser

349 Ray Sadecki

350 Bobby Murcer

351 Bob Boone

352 Darold Knowles

353 Luis Melendez

354 Dick Bosman

355 Chris Cannizzaro

356 Rico Petrocelli

357 Ken Forsch

358 Al Bumbry

359 Paul Popovich

360 George Scott

361 L.A. Dodgers (Manager: Walter Alston)

362 Steve Hargan

363 Carmen Fanzone

364 Doug Bird

365 Bob Bailey

366 Ken Sanders

367 Craig Robinson

368 Vic Albury

369 Merv Rettenmund

370 Tom Seaver

371 Gates Brown

372 John D'Acquisto

373 Bill Sharp

374 Eddie Watt

375 Roy White

376 Steve Yeager

377 Tom Hilgendorf

378 Derrel Thomas

379 Bernie Carbo

380 Sal Bando

381 John Curtis

382 Don Baylor

383 Jim York

384 Milwaukee Brewers (Manager: Del Crandall)

385 Dock Ellis

386 Checklist: 265-396

387 Jim Spencer

388 Steve Stone

389 Tony Solaita RC

390 Ron Cey

391 Don DeMola RC

392 Bruce Bochte RC

393 Gary Gentry

394 Larvell Blanks

395 Bud Harrelson

396 Fred Norman

397 Bill Freehan

398 Elias Sosa

399 Terry Harmon

400 Dick Allen

401 Mike Wallace

402 Bob Tolan

403 Tom Buskey RC

404 Ted Sizemore

405 John Montague RC

406 Bob Gallagher

407 Herb Washington RC

408 Clyde Wright

409 Bob Robertson

410 Mike Cuellar

411 George Mitterwald

412 Bill Hands

413 Marty Pattin

414 Manny Mota

415 John Hiller

416 Larry Lintz

417 Skip Lockwood

418 Leo Foster

419 Dave Goltz

420 Larry Bowa

421 New York Mets (Manager: Yogi Berra)

422 Brian Downing

423 Clay Kirby

424 John Lowenstein

425 Tito Fuentes

426 George Medich

427 Clarence Gaston

428 Dave Hamilton

429 Jim Dwyer RC

430 Luis Tiant

431 Rod Gilbreath

432 Ken Berry

433 Larry Demery RC

434 Bob Locker

435 Dave Nelson

436 Ken Frailing

437 Al Cowens RC

438 Don Carrithers

439 Ed Brinkman

440 Andy Messersmith

441 Bobby Heise

442 Maximino Leon RC

443 Minnesota Twins (Manager: Frank Quilici)

444 Gene Garber

445 Felix Millan

446 Bart Johnson

447 Terry Crowley

448 Frank Duffy

449 Charlie Williams

450 Willie McCovey

451 Rick Dempsey

452 Angel Mangual

453 Claude Osteen

454 Doug Griffin

455 Don Wilson

456 Bob Coluccio

457 Mario Mendoza RC

458 Ross Grimsley

459 AL Champs

460 NL Champs

461 World Series Game 1

462 World Series Game 2

463 World Series Game 3

464 World Series Game 4

465 World Series Game 5

466 World Series Summary: A's Do It Again

467 Ed Halicki RC

468 Bobby Mitchell

469 Tom Dettore RC

470 Jeff Burroughs

471 Bob Stinson

472 Bruce Dal Canton

473 Ken McMullen

474 Luke Walker

475 Darrell Evans

476 Ed Figueroa RC

477 Tom Hutton

478 Tom Burgmeier

479 Ken Boswell

480 Carlos May

481 Will McEnaney RC

482 Tom McCraw

483 Steve Ontiveros

484 Glenn Beckert

485 Sparky Lyle

486 Ray Fosse

487 Houston Astros (Manager: Preston Gomez)

488 Bill Travers RC

489 Cecil Cooper

490 Reggie Smith

491 Doyle Alexander

492 Rich Hebner

493 Don Stanhouse

494 Pete LaCock RC

495 Nelson Briles

496 Pepe Frias

497 Jim Nettles

498 Al Downing

499 Marty Perez

500 Nolan Ryan

501 Bill Robinson

502 Pat Bourque

503 Fred Stanley

504 Buddy Bradford

505 Chris Speier

506 Leron Lee

507 Tom Carroll RC

508 Bob Hansen RC

509 Dave Hilton

510 Vida Blue

511 Texas Rangers (Manager: Billy Martin)

512 Larry Milbourne RC

513 Dick Pole

514 Jose Cruz

515 Manny Sanguillen

516 Don Hood

517 Checklist: 397-528

518 Leo Cardenas

519 Jim Todd RC

520 Amos Otis

521 Dennis Blair RC

522 Gary Sutherland

523 Tom Paciorek

524 John Doherty RC

525 Tom House

526 Larry Hisle

527 Mac Scarce

528 Eddie Leon

529 Gary Thomasson

530 Gaylord Perry

531 Reds Team

532 Gorman Thomas

533 Rudy Meoli

534 Alex Johnson

535 Gene Tenace

536 Bob Moose

537 Tommy Harper

538 Duffy Dyer

539 Jesse Jefferson

540 Lou Brock

541 Roger Metzger

542 Pete Broberg

543 Larry Biittner

544 Steve Mingori

545 Billy Williams

546 John Knox

547 Von Joshua

548 Charlie Sands

549 Bill Butler

550 Ralph Garr

551 Larry Christenson

552 Jack Brohamer

553 John Boccabella

554 Rich Gossage

555 Al Oliver

556 Tim Johnson

557 Larry Gura

558 Dave Roberts

559 Bob Montgomery

560 Tony Perez

561 Oakland A's (Manager: Alvin Dark)

562 Gary Nolan

563 Wilbur Howard

564 Tommy Davis

565 Joe Torre

566 Ray Burris

567 Jim Sundberg RC

568 Dale Murray RC

569 Frank White

570 Jim Wynn

571 Dave Lemanczyk RC

572 Roger Nelson

573 Orlando Pena

574 Tony Taylor

575 Gene Clines

576 Phil Roof

577 John Morris

578 Dave Tomlin RC

579 Skip Pitlock

580 Frank Robinson

581 Darrel Chaney

582 Eduardo Rodriguez

583 Andy Etchebarren

584 Mike Garman

585 Chris Chambliss

586 Tim McCarver

587 Chris Ward RC

588 Rick Auerbach

589 Atlanta Braves (Manager: Clyde King)

590 Cesar Cedeno

591 Glenn Abbott

592 Balor Moore

593 Gene Lamont

594 Jim Fuller

595 Joe Niekro

596 Ollie Brown

597 Winston Llenas

598 Bruce Kison

599 Nate Colbert

600 Rod Carew

601 Juan Beniquez

602 John Vukovich

603 Lew Krausse

604 Oscar Zamora RC

605 John Ellis

606 Bruce Miller RC

607 Jim Holt

608 Gene Michael

609 Elrod Hendricks

610 Ron Hunt

611 New York Yankees (Manager: Bill Virdon)

612 Terry Hughes

613 Bill Parsons

614 Rookie Pitchers (Vern Ruhle, Paul Siebert, Dyar Miller, Jack Kucek) RC

615 Rookie Pitchers (Dennis Leonard, Pat Darcy, Hank Webb, Tom Underwood) RC

616 Rookie Outfielders (Jim Rice, John Scott, Dave Augustine, Pepe Mangual) RC

617 Rookie Infielders (Doug DeCinces, Mike Cubbage, Reggie Sanders, Manny Trillo) RC

618 Rookie Pitchers (Rick Rhoden, Scotty McGregor, Tom Johnson, Jamie Easterly) RC

619 Rookie Outfielders (Benny Ayala, Nyls Nyman, Tommy Smith, Jerry Turner) RC

620 Rookie Catchers/Outfielders (Gary Carter, Marc Hill, Danny Meyer, Leon Roberts) RC

621 Rookie Pitchers (John Denny, Rawly Eastwick, Jim Kern, Juan Veintidos) RC

622 Rookie Outfielders (Fred Lynn, Ed Armbrister, Terry Whitfield, Tom Poquette) RC

623 Rookie Infielders (Keith Hernandez, Phil Garner, Bob Sheldon, Tom Veryzer) RC

624 Rookie Pitchers (Gary Lavelle, Doug Konieczny, Jim Otten, Eddie Solomon) RC

625 Boog Powell

626 Larry Haney

627 Tom Walker

628 Ron LeFlore RC

629 Joe Hoerner

630 Greg Luzinski

631 Lee Lacy

632 Morris Nettles RC

633 Paul Casanova

634 Cy Acosta

635 Chuck Dobson

636 Charlie Moore

637 Ted Martinez

638 Chicago Cubs (Manager: Jim Marshall)

639 Steve Kline

640 Harmon Killebrew

641 Jim Northrup

642 Mike Phillips

643 Brent Strom

644 Bill Fahey

645 Danny Cater

646 Checklist: 529-660

647 Claudell Washington RC

648 Dave Pagan RC

649 Jack Heidemann

650 Dave May

651 John Morlan RC

652 Lindy McDaniel

653 Lee Richard

654 Jerry Terrell

655 Rico Carty

656 Bill Plummer

657 Bob Oliver

658 Vic Harris

659 Bob Apodaca

660 Hank Aaron

Parallels

Minis

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1975 Topps Mini wax box and packs

For one year, Topps issued a 2 1/4" by 3 1/8" parallel of their main Baseball set. The set was regionally test marketed with Michigan and California were among the two areas to receive this issue.

The cards are currently valued the same as the regular '75 Topps cards and have proven not to have remained as popular as the regular 1975 issue. These cards were issued in 10 card packs which cost 15 cents on issue and were packed 36 to a box.