1971 Topps #545 Dick Dietz
About Dick Dietz
Dietz's 1971 Topps card, #545 from the fifth series, shows him with the San Francisco Giants. It followed a 1970 in which he drew 109 walks and posted a .426 on-base percentage. He remains the only catcher in major league history with 100 walks, 100 RBI and a .300 average in one season. He had led National League catchers in passed balls in 1970, and he did so again in 1971.
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 | 393 | 0 | 15 | 197 | 143 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 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 1971 Topps #545 card?
It is card #545 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Dietz of the San Francisco Giants.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), 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.