1974 Topps #105 Carlton Fisk
About Carlton Fisk
Two Fisk cards come from this year: #105 with the Red Sox, and #331 in the All-Stars subset, pairing him with Cincinnati's Johnny Bench, the catcher a Boston writer had already likened him to in 1972. He had batted .246 with 26 home runs and 71 RBI in 1973. On June 28, 1974 at Cleveland, in a 1-1 game in the ninth, Leron Lee crashed into him at the plate as he reached for a high throw, tearing ligaments in his left knee. After reconstructive surgery he was told he would never play again. The injury held him to 52 games, in which he hit .299 with 11 home runs.
Carlton Fisk caught for 24 seasons with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox and retired with 376 home runs, 351 of them as a catcher, the record for the position at the time. In 1972 he became the first unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year, and he made 11 All-Star teams. Leading off the 12th inning of Game 6 of the 1975 World Series at Fenway Park, he drove a pitch from Pat Darcy down the left-field line and waved it fair until it struck the foul pole for a 7-6 win. Boston lost him after 1980 when Haywood Sullivan mailed his new contract a day past the deadline, and he signed with the White Sox in March 1981. He helped Chicago to its first AL West title in 1983 and finished third in the MVP vote. In 1985 he hit a career-high 37 home runs and drove in 107. In August 1990 he passed Johnny Bench for home runs as a catcher. Chicago released him in June 1993, at 45, six days after his 2,226th game behind the plate broke Bob Boone's record. Both clubs retired his number, 72 in Chicago and 27 in Boston. He grew up in Charlestown, New Hampshire, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,257 | 3 | 77 | 443 | 270 | 190 | 113 | 160 | 1 |
| SGC | 200 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 43 | 34 | 41 | 47 | 2 |
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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Related cards
More Carlton Fisk in this set: #331 All-Stars
Team card: #567 Boston Red Sox
More Boston Red Sox cards:
- #33 Don Newhauser
- #61 Luis Aparicio
- #83 Orlando Cepeda
- #84 Rick Wise
- #113 Dick Drago
- #118 Bill Lee
- #167 Luis Tiant
- #192 Mario Guerrero
- #204 1973 Stolen Base Leaders
- #219 Doug Griffin
- #247 Rick Miller
- #280 Carl Yastrzemski
- #301 Bob Montgomery
- #325 Tommy Harper
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1974 Topps #105 card?
It is card #105 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox.
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.