1970 Topps #135 Dick Dietz
About Dick Dietz
Dietz's #135, a second-series 1970 Topps card, shows him with the Giants. He had played 79 games in 1969, hitting .230 with 11 home runs. At midseason of 1970 he was hitting .337 with 18 home runs and 77 RBI, and National League manager Gil Hodges named him a reserve although he was not on the All-Star ballot. He replaced Johnny Bench in the seventh inning and stood in the on-deck circle for the Rose-Fosse collision.
Richard Allen Dietz was a catcher who spent parts of eight seasons in the majors, 1966 to 1973, mostly with the San Francisco Giants. Signed as an amateur free agent out of South Carolina before the 1960 season, he broke in with the Giants in June 1966 and worked his way from backup duty behind Tom Haller into the regular catching job by 1970. That year he set career highs across the board, batting .300 with 22 home runs and 107 runs batted in, and he made the National League All-Star team, leading off the ninth inning of that year's game with a home run off Catfish Hunter that helped spark a rally that tied it. He caught every game down the stretch of the 1971 division race. He closed out his career with the Dodgers in 1972 and the Braves in 1973. He retired with a .261 career average and later managed in the minor leagues.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 167 | 0 | 24 | 108 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. 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 1970 Topps #135 card?
It is card #135 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Dietz of the San Francisco Giants.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, 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 2026-10-25.