1973 Topps #595 Don Gullett
About Don Gullett
Hepatitis sapped Gullett's strength in 1972. His fastball slowed, he tired early, and he finished 9-10 with a 3.94 ERA, the only losing record of his career. Anderson still started him in Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 4 of the World Series. His #595 is a high number from the fifth series and shows him with the Reds.
Don Gullett was a left-handed pitcher from Lynn, Kentucky, who spent 1970 through 1976 with the Cincinnati Reds and 1977 and 1978 with the New York Yankees. He went 109-50 with a 3.11 ERA and 921 strikeouts, and was on six World Series teams, pitching in five of them, with titles for the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and the Yankees in 1977 and 1978. The Reds drafted him in the first round in 1969, and he reached the majors a year later at 19, after a three-sport high school career in which he once struck out 20 of 21 batters in a perfect game. Sparky Anderson predicted a Hall of Fame career, and writers compared him to Sandy Koufax. Injuries ended that path, and his last game came at 27. He later served as Reds pitching coach from 1993 to 2005 and entered the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2002. He died in 2024 at age 73.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 180 | 7 | 40 | 106 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #595 card?
It is card #595 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Gullett of the Cincinnati Reds.
Why is #595 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.