1974 Topps #582 Bucky Dent
About Bucky Dent
Dent's first full season brought 154 games at shortstop for an 80-80 White Sox club. He batted .274 with 136 hits and 45 RBI, and he finished second to Mike Hargrove of Texas in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. He had hit .295 in 95 games for Iowa in 1973 before Chicago called him up. Topps gave him his rookie card, #582, with the Chicago White Sox.
Bucky Dent was a shortstop who played 12 American League seasons for the White Sox, Yankees, Rangers and Royals between 1973 and 1984, hitting .247 with 40 home runs. The White Sox took him sixth overall in the 1970 draft. In 1975 he led American League shortstops with a .981 fielding percentage and made the first of three All-Star teams, adding selections in 1980 and 1981. Chicago traded him to the Yankees on April 5, 1977 for Oscar Gamble, LaMarr Hoyt, minor-league pitcher Bob Polinsky and $250,000, and he started at short for New York's 1977 and 1978 champions. On October 2, 1978, batting ninth in the one-game AL East tie-breaker at Fenway Park, he hit a seventh-inning three-run home run off Mike Torrez with a bat borrowed from Mickey Rivers, giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead. New York won 5-4. He went to Texas in August 1982 in a trade for Lee Mazzilli and finished with Kansas City. Dent later managed the Yankees for part of 1989 and 1990, going 18-22 and then 18-31, and coached for the Cardinals, Rangers and Reds. His grandmother gave him the name Bucky.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 445 | 0 | 44 | 217 | 74 | 42 | 40 | 28 | 0 |
| SGC | 44 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
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 #582 card?
It is card #582 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bucky Dent of the Chicago White Sox.
Is 1974 Topps #582 a rookie card?
Yes - #582 is the 1974 Topps rookie card of Bucky Dent.
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.
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