1973 Topps #177 Bill Plummer
About Bill Plummer
Plummer joined the Reds' 25-man roster to stay in 1972, after Cincinnati traded veteran catcher Pat Corrales, and caught 36 games without appearing in that fall's World Series. In 1973 he played 50 games and hit .151 with two home runs. Card #177, from the second series, is his rookie card, with the Reds.
Bill Plummer was a catcher who spent 1972 through 1977 as Johnny Bench's backup on the Cincinnati Reds, the Big Red Machine teams that won the 1975 and 1976 World Series. The Cubs took him from the Cardinals in the 1967 Rule 5 draft, and he appeared in two games in 1968 before Chicago sent him to Cincinnati in January 1969 in a deal for Ted Abernathy. He hit .188 with 14 home runs in 367 major-league games and finished in the majors with the 1978 Seattle Mariners. Opponents rated him tough and powerfully built, and Ken Griffey Sr. said in 1992 that he could have been a starter for anyone else. Plummer then managed for decades: Triple-A Calgary in the 1980s, the 1992 Mariners, who finished 64-98, and Arizona's farm system, with 1,583 managerial wins through 2017. He belongs to the Shasta County Sports Hall of Fame, the Sacramento Area Baseball Hall of Fame and the Northern California Sports Association Hall of Fame. He died in March 2024.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 290 | 9 | 129 | 126 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 1973 Topps #177 card?
It is card #177 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Plummer of the Cincinnati Reds.
Is 1973 Topps #177 a rookie card?
Yes - #177 is the 1973 Topps rookie card of Bill Plummer.
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.