1971 Topps #512 Red Sox Rookie Stars - Dick Mills / Mike Garman
On this card: Dick Mills, Mike Garman
About this card
This is one of the 44 Rookie Stars cards in the 1971 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club, league or position title. All 44 count as rookie cards.
The story on this card
Mills spent 1971 at Double-A Pawtucket, going 5-9 with a 3.76 ERA, after Boston sent him down out of spring training. His card #512 came in the fourth series, a Boston Red Sox Rookie Stars card shared with pitcher Mike Garman, and it is the rookie card for both men. Dick Mills, a Boston-born right-hander, pitched twice for the 1970 Red Sox, finishing 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA. He ended his playing career at Pawtucket in 1971 and later built the Pitching.com instruction business with his family.
Garman shares card #512 with Dick Mills in the Red Sox Rookie Stars subset, and it is the rookie card for both men. The card follows his 1969 debut, a win over the Yankees at Fenway on September 22, six days after his twentieth birthday. He finished that year 1-0 with a 4.38 ERA in two starts. Mike Garman was a right-handed reliever drafted third overall by Boston in 1967. He pitched for the Red Sox, Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers and Expos from 1969 to 1978 and recorded 42 saves.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dick Mills) · Wikipedia (Mike Garman) · SABR BioProject (Dick Mills) · SABR BioProject (Mike Garman) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 503 | 0 | 37 | 281 | 145 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 #512 card?
It is card #512 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Mills and Mike Garman. This is one of the 44 Rookie Stars cards in the 1971 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club, league or position title. All 44 count as rookie cards.
Is 1971 Topps #512 a rookie card?
Yes - #512 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Dick Mills and Mike Garman.
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.