1974 Topps #600 Rookie Infielders - Ron Cash / Jim Cox / Bill Madlock / Reggie Sanders
On this card: Ron Cash, Jim Cox, Bill Madlock, Reggie Sanders
About this card
Cards #596-608 are the thirteen four-player Rookie Prospects cards, each titled by position. A Rookie Prospects card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #601, #603, #604, #605 and #608 one of the four had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
The story on this card
Cash debuted on September 4, 1973, and hit .410 in 14 games, splitting time between left field and third base. In 1974 he played 20 games, 15 of them at first base, and hit .226 with 5 RBI. Rookie Prospects #600 puts him with Jim Cox, Bill Madlock and Reggie Sanders, and it is a rookie card for all four. Detroit Tigers utility player Ron Cash attended Manatee Community College and Florida State University. He played in the 1968 Junior College World Series and the 1970 College World Series.
On April 18, 1974, Cox went 2-for-2 with a home run and 4 RBI in an 8-5 Expos win over the Mets at Parc Jarry. He played 77 games for Montreal that year, 72 of them at second base, and hit .220 with 26 RBI. His 1973 debut season was nine games and 2 hits in 15 at-bats. Rookie Prospects #600 puts him with Ron Cash, Bill Madlock and Reggie Sanders, and is a rookie card for all four. Jim Cox was a second baseman who played all four of his major league seasons, 1973 to 1976, for the Montreal Expos, hitting .215 with 3 home runs and 33 RBI in 110 games.
Madlock's first Topps card is #600, a four-man Rookie Prospects card shared with Ron Cash, Jim Cox and Reggie Sanders. He had hit .351 in 21 games for Texas after a September 1973 call-up from Spokane. In 1974 he replaced Ron Santo at third base for the Cubs, hit .313 with 9 home runs and 54 RBI, and finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. On September 22 he got into a fight with St. Louis catcher Ted Simmons after Al Hrabosky's pre-pitch ritual. Bill Madlock won four National League batting titles, two with the Cubs and two with the Pirates, and finished a 15-year career at .305 with 2,008 hits. He was an All-Star in 1975, 1981 and 1983 and a member of the 1979 champion Pirates.
Sanders hit a home run off Catfish Hunter in his first major league at-bat, in his September 1, 1974 debut with the Tigers. He played 26 games that season, mostly at first base, and batted .273 with 3 home runs. His rookie card is #600, a Rookie Prospects card shared with Ron Cash, Jim Cox and Bill Madlock, each of whom also has his rookie card on it. Reggie Sanders was a first baseman who spent his entire big-league career with the Detroit Tigers. Acquired from Oakland in 1972, he was traded to Atlanta for Jack Pierce in 1975 and picked by the White Sox in the 1977 Rule 5 draft.
Sources: Wikipedia (Ron Cash) · Wikipedia (Jim Cox) · Wikipedia (Bill Madlock) · Wikipedia (Reggie Sanders (first baseman)) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 609 | 10 | 128 | 259 | 92 | 50 | 33 | 37 | 0 |
| SGC | 57 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 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 1974 Topps #600 card?
It is card #600 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Cash, Jim Cox, Bill Madlock and Reggie Sanders. Cards #596-608 are the thirteen four-player Rookie Prospects cards, each titled by position. A Rookie Prospects card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #601, #603, #604, #605 and #608 one of the four had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
Is 1974 Topps #600 a rookie card?
Yes - #600 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Ron Cash, Jim Cox, Bill Madlock and Reggie Sanders.
How many cards are in the 1974 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, tracked as 678 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 660 with none skipped, issued all at once as a single series and printed in equal quantities; 17 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - fourteen San Diego / "Washington Nat'l Lea." pairs (thirteen Padres player cards and the #226 team card), the three-state #599 Rookie Pitchers, the #608 Apodaco misspelling and the #654 Jesus Alou front without a position.
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.