1964 Topps #74 Pirates Rookie Stars - Bob Priddy / Tom Butters
On this card: Bob Priddy, Tom Butters
About this card
This is one of the fifty-seven two-player Rookie Stars cards in the 1964 Topps set: fifty-three pair two prospects from one club, and the four league cards (#548, #564, #568 and #572) pair prospects from two clubs. Every one of them is a rookie card for at least one of its two players.
The story on this card
This card is Bob Priddy's first Topps issue, a Rookie Stars subset entry from the set's first print series, shared with fellow Pirates prospect Tom Butters. Priddy had debuted with Pittsburgh two years earlier, in September 1962, but 1964 brought his first real big-league audition: 19 relief appearances that produced a 1-2 record, a 3.93 ERA, and his first career save. Robert Simpson Priddy, a Pittsburgh-born right-hander, pitched nine major-league seasons for six clubs between 1962 and 1971, working mostly in relief and finishing his career with 24 wins and 18 saves.
This was Butters's one real big-league season: he broke camp with the Pirates and worked 28 games, four of them starts, finishing 2-2 with a 2.38 ERA in 64 1/3 innings behind bullpen regulars Al McBean, Elroy Face and Tommie Sisk. His first start and first win came May 24 at Candlestick Park; he was optioned to Columbus on July 15, came back in September, and beat the Braves 5-4 at County Stadium on October 2 for the last win of his career. He shares it with Bob Priddy, a Pittsburgh-born righty who reached the Pirates twelve days after Butters did in 1962. A Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander whose brief 1960s career was cut short by a car-accident whiplash injury; he went on to build Duke athletics as its longtime AD, hiring coach Mike Krzyzewski along the way.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bob Priddy) · Wikipedia (Tom Butters (athletic director)) · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac (Bob Priddy) · Baseball Almanac (Tom Butters)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 201 | 0 | 12 | 97 | 57 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #74 card?
It is card #74 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Priddy and Tom Butters. This is one of the fifty-seven two-player Rookie Stars cards in the 1964 Topps set: fifty-three pair two prospects from one club, and the four league cards (#548, #564, #568 and #572) pair prospects from two clubs. Every one of them is a rookie card for at least one of its two players.
Is 1964 Topps #74 a rookie card?
Yes - #74 is the rookie card of Bob Priddy. Tom Butters had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.