1973 Topps #611 Rookie Outfielders - Rich Coggins / Jim Wohlford / Richie Zisk
On this card: Rich Coggins, Jim Wohlford, Richie Zisk
About this card
Cards #601-616 are the sixteen three-player 1973 Rookies cards, each titled by position. A Rookies card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
The story on this card
Coggins shares Topps #611 with Jim Wohlford of the Kansas City Royals and Richie Zisk of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a Rookies card from the fifth print series and a high number. Coggins is pictured with the Orioles, and the card is his rookie card, as it is Wohlford's. Left-handed outfielder who hit .319 for the 1973 Baltimore Orioles and finished sixth in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. Traded to Montreal in December 1974, he played his last game with the White Sox in 1976.
Eight of the 15 games Wohlford played for Kansas City in 1972 came at second base. In 1973 he hit .266 in 45 games, 13 of them in the outfield. His rookie card is #611, a shared Rookie Outfielders card from the fifth series and a high number. It lists the Royals' Wohlford alongside Rich Coggins of the Orioles and Richie Zisk of the Pirates. Kansas City, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Montreal outfielder who played from 1972 to 1986, mostly as a reserve in left field and a defensive replacement. He is known for the line "Ninety percent of this game is half-mental."
Right field had been Clemente's spot for 18 years, and in 1973 Manny Sanguillen tried it while Zisk opened in left. Sanguillen returned to catcher, and Zisk was moved to right in mid-July. He hit .324 in 103 games, the only Pirate over .300. Card #611 is a high-number Rookies card from the fifth series, shared with Rich Coggins of the Orioles and Jim Wohlford of the Royals, and Zisk is printed with the Pirates. Richie Zisk was a Pittsburgh, Chicago, Texas and Seattle outfielder and designated hitter from 1971 to 1983, a two-time All-Star who hit 207 career home runs. He was The Sporting News AL Comeback Player of the Year in 1981 with the Mariners.
Sources: Wikipedia (Rich Coggins) · Wikipedia (Jim Wohlford) · Wikipedia (Richie Zisk) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 289 | 4 | 71 | 165 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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 1973 Topps #611 card?
It is card #611 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rich Coggins, Jim Wohlford and Richie Zisk. Cards #601-616 are the sixteen three-player 1973 Rookies cards, each titled by position. A Rookies card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
Is 1973 Topps #611 a rookie card?
Yes - #611 is the rookie card of Rich Coggins and Jim Wohlford. Richie Zisk had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
Why is #611 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the fifth and last print series, #529-660 - the scarce end of the set.
How many cards are in the 1973 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, tracked as 679 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 660 with none skipped, in five series of 132 - #1-132, #133-264, #265-396, #397-528 and the high numbers, #529-660, printed in lower quantities; 19 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - fifteen Field Leaders cards, the #20 Stan Bahnsen, #31 Buddy Bell and #504 Earl Williams border-gap pairs and the two #280 Al Kaline printings.
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.