1972 Topps #518 Wayne Garrett
About Wayne Garrett
National Guard duty kept him away from the 1971 Mets until July, when he came back from Tidewater and went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and three runs on July 24 against Houston. A 0-for-29 skid near the end left him at .213 in 56 games. Card #518, from the fourth series, pictures him with the Mets, who had traded for Jim Fregosi that winter to play third.
Wayne Garrett was a left-handed-hitting third baseman who spent seven and a half seasons with the New York Mets, played 711 games at third base for them, and finished with the Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals. A sixth-round pick of the Milwaukee Braves in 1965, he came to the Mets through the Rule 5 draft for $25,000 and made the 1969 roster as a utility man. The club kept shopping for a replacement almost every winter, bringing in Joe Foy, Bob Aspromonte, Jim Fregosi and Joe Torre, yet he took the job in 1973 and kept most of it through 1975. He played in two World Series with the Mets, homering twice against Oakland in 1973, once leading off Game 3, and he was the cutoff man on the Ball on the Wall play at Shea on September 20, 1973. The Mets sent him to Montreal in 1976, the Expos sold him to St. Louis in July 1978, and he finished his career with two seasons for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 174 | 2 | 20 | 77 | 43 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 1972 Topps #518 card?
It is card #518 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wayne Garrett of the New York Mets.
How many cards are in the 1972 Topps Baseball set?
787 cards, tracked as 794 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 787 with none skipped, in six print series (#1-132, #133-263, #264-394, #395-525, #526-656 and #657-787, the high numbers); 7 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - four Chicago Cubs cards with yellow or green under the "C" and "S" of the team name, the #251 and #478 checklists with smaller or larger print on the front, and the #604 checklist with its copyright line aligned right or left.
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.