1973 Topps #567 Bob Fenwick
About Bob Fenwick
Fenwick joined St. Louis in November 1972, when Houston sent him and Ray Busse to the Cardinals for Skip Jutze and Milt Ramirez. He welcomed the move, saying he would no longer have to worry about facing Bob Gibson, and he later counted a locker between Joe Torre and Tim McCarver among his highlights. He played five games in 1973, with one hit in six at-bats, before a May assignment to Triple-A Tulsa. The #567 card is a fifth-series high number printed with the Cardinals.
Bob Fenwick was a utility infielder who played second base and shortstop for the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals in 1972 and 1973. Born in Naha, Okinawa, in 1946 to a Navy corpsman from Minnesota and a Hawaii-born mother from an Okinawan family, he was the first major-league position player born in Japan. He grew up in Minnesota, batted .409 as a senior at Anoka High School and .407 as a junior at the University of Minnesota under coach Dick Siebert. The San Francisco Giants took him with the 16th pick of the first round of the June 1967 secondary draft. At Triple-A Phoenix he hit .311 in 1970 and .332 in 1971. Houston claimed him in the Rule V draft that November. His major-league totals are 41 games, 56 at-bats and 10 hits. He finished in the Cubs and Padres systems, retiring after 52 games for Hawaii, San Diego's Triple-A club. Back in Minnesota, he served as a Cook County commissioner and, as of 2007, as president of the Association of Minnesota Counties.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 167 | 1 | 50 | 106 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 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 #567 card?
It is card #567 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Fenwick of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Why is #567 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.