1970 Topps #594 Jake Gibbs
About Jake Gibbs
Gibbs hit .301 for the 1970 Yankees, collecting 46 hits in 153 at-bats. He also hit eight home runs in 49 games, 44 of them as catcher. He had played 71 games in 1969. His #594 is a series 6 card showing him with the Yankees.
Jake Gibbs, born Jerry Dean Gibbs in Grenada, Mississippi, in 1938, was a two-sport star at Ole Miss. He led the Rebels to their first SEC baseball championship in 1959. In the 1961 Sugar Bowl he ran for both touchdowns and took MVP honors in a 14-6 win over Rice, capping a 10-0-1 season the Football Writers Association of America crowned national champion. An All-America quarterback and the 1960 SEC Player of the Year, he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns and the Houston Oilers and chose baseball anyway. He signed with New York in 1961 for a bonus reported at $100,000 or more, and the Yankees turned the young infielder into a catcher in 1963. He spent his whole ten-year career, 1962 through 1971, in the Bronx, batting .233 with 25 home runs and 146 RBI. He appeared in 538 games, first backing up Elston Howard, then catching regularly in 1967 and 1968, finally giving way to Thurman Munson. He went home to coach Ole Miss baseball for 19 seasons, 1972 through 1990, winning 485 games, and entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 232 | 2 | 37 | 129 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 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 #594 card?
It is card #594 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jake Gibbs of the New York Yankees.
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.