1965 Topps #175 Bob Aspromonte
About Bob Aspromonte
Card #175 is a series-2 issue and his first Topps card to read 'Houston Astros' after the club's rename. A winter of isometric back work paid off in 1964: 157 games, a .280 average, 155 hits, 20 doubles and career highs of 12 home runs and 69 RBI. His .973 fielding percentage at third base was a National League record at the time, and Houston's writers voted him team MVP after a 66-point jump in average, second in the league only to Bob Lillis.
Bob Aspromonte, a third baseman from Brooklyn, signed with his hometown Dodgers in July 1956 and debuted that September as an 18-year-old pinch hitter; he became the last Brooklyn Dodger to appear in a major-league game, playing his final one in 1971. Houston took him third overall in the October 1961 expansion draft, and on April 10, 1962 he produced the first hit, run, walk and stolen base in Colt .45s/Astros history. He held Houston's third base for seven seasons, starting every Opening Day through 1968, and hit six grand slams, then a franchise record - several promised to Billy Bradley, an Arkansas boy blinded by lightning and sent to Houston for eye treatment. Traded to Atlanta in December 1968, he finished with the 1971 Mets: .252, 1,103 hits, 60 home runs, 457 RBI in 13 seasons. Known as 'Aspro,' he later ran a Houston beer distributorship and entered the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Astros Walk of Fame, its first honoree, in 2012.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 222 | 2 | 36 | 112 | 40 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 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. The two checklist variations, #79 and #508, are listed under the wording PSA uses for each state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #175 card?
It is card #175 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Aspromonte of the Houston Astros.
How many cards are in the 1965 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 600 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no printed-number collisions, and two checklist cards - #79 and #508 - carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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.