1964 Topps #577 Gordy Coleman
About Gordy Coleman
Card #577 sits in the 1964 set's seventh and final series, among the high numbers collectors chase to finish the set. It reports a 1963 season slowed by injury, a .247 average with 14 home runs and 59 RBI, well off his pennant-year production. The bench work that would define his last years had already begun: Coleman hit .400 as a pinch hitter that season.
Gordon Calvin Coleman, born July 5, 1934, in Rockville, Maryland, lettered in four sports at Richard Montgomery High School, took a football scholarship to Duke, and signed with Cleveland in 1953 after a single year there. Army service at Fort McPherson cost him 1957 and 1958, and he came back to win the 1959 Southern Association Triple Crown and MVP award at Mobile. He debuted with the Indians that September, then went to Cincinnati in December with Billy Martin and Cal McLish in the trade for Johnny Temple. A left-handed hitter with a foot-in-the-bucket stance, Coleman held first base for the Reds from 1961 through 1963, then shared it with Deron Johnson, Tony Perez and Lee May as injuries cut into his playing time. His .338 career pinch-hitting average, 49 hits in 145 at-bats, stands as the best by any player who pinch-hit at least 100 times. Coleman finished at .273 with 98 home runs, joined the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1972 and stayed with the club as speakers bureau director and, from 1990, a broadcaster, until his death on March 12, 1994.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 227 | 2 | 23 | 108 | 60 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Shop 1964 Topps cards Live auctions Buy It Now on eBay Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
Team card: #403 Cincinnati Reds
More Cincinnati Reds cards:
- #3 1963 National League Pitching Leaders
- #5 1963 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #33 Reds 1964 Rookie Stars
- #49 Bill Henry
- #72 Chico Cardenas
- #80 Vada Pinson
- #106 Joe Nuxhall
- #125 Pete Rose
- #144 Al Worthington
- #162 Hitting Area
- #166 Marty Keough
- #185 Jim O'Toole
- #207 Fred Hutchinson
- #233 Hal Smith
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #577 card?
It is card #577 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gordy Coleman of the Cincinnati Reds.
Is 1964 Topps #577 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #523-587, distributed last. Scarcer than the rest of the set but only mildly so - the high premium runs roughly 55-60 percent, far milder than the 1952-62 highs.
How many cards are in the 1964 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 589 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 587 with no gaps, and no number carries two different cards; two cards - #4, the A.L. Pitching Leaders, and #517, the seventh-series checklist - carry a catalogued back variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-11.