1971 Topps #554 Lowell Palmer
About Lowell Palmer
The Phillies pitcher on #554 had worked 38 games in 1970, five of them starts, and went 1-2. He had a 5.47 ERA and struck out 85 in 102 innings. At the plate he went 4-for-27 with four RBI, and his card appeared in the fifth series. In 1971 itself he pitched three games for Philadelphia, with a 6.00 ERA over 15 innings.
Lowell Palmer was a right-handed pitcher from Sacramento who appeared in 106 major league games between 1969 and 1974 for the Phillies, Cardinals, Indians and Padres, finishing 5-18 with a 5.29 ERA. He attended Norte Del Rio High School and American River College, and Philadelphia made him the sixth overall pick of the 1966 secondary draft. He arrived after going 36-17 in three and a half minor league seasons with 534 strikeouts in 516 innings. Wildness was one of his main problems: he walked 202 batters in 316 2/3 innings while striking out 239. He was fourth in the National League with 14 wild pitches in 1970 and eighth with 10 in 1974. His career included two complete games, one of them a three-hit shutout of Montreal in 1969. His last professional season was 1977.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 316 | 0 | 7 | 183 | 101 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 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 #554 card?
It is card #554 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Lowell Palmer of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.