1971 Topps #284 Jim Gosger
About Jim Gosger
A pinch-hit double on June 3, 1970 opened Gosger's Montreal career, and that summer he said he had been discouraged in the spring and had thought seriously about hanging it up and going into coaching. On June 18 his home run off Phil Niekro helped the Expos rally from a 7-2 deficit against Atlanta. He was hitting .364 at the end of June before the average slid, and he played 19 games at first base that season. Third-series #284 is his Expos card in the black-bordered 1971 set.
Jim Gosger played ten major league seasons as an outfielder and first baseman for Boston, the Athletics in Kansas City and Oakland, Seattle, New York and Montreal. The Port Huron native signed with Boston in January 1962 while attending Port Huron Junior College. In his first professional season at Winston-Salem, he batted .283 with 19 home runs and 83 RBI and made the Carolina League's postseason all-star team. He started both games of the Mets' September 12, 1969 doubleheader at Forbes Field and received a $100 World Series share, although he was ineligible for their postseason roster. He finished with a .226 average, 30 home runs and 177 RBI in 705 major league games. After retiring in 1974, he worked in Port Huron's utilities division and refereed high school and junior college football and basketball for three decades.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 359 | 1 | 18 | 199 | 104 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #284 card?
It is card #284 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Gosger of the Montreal Expos.
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.