1974 Topps #484 Carmen Fanzone
About Carmen Fanzone
Fanzone hit .190 in 65 games for the 1974 Cubs, who finished last in the NL East after trading away Ferguson Jenkins and Ron Santo. On August 18 he drove in four runs against the Dodgers in an 18-8 loss. Topps issued his 1974 card as #484. By his own account he talked the company into changing his birth year to 1942 in that set and to 1943 in the next one. On December 12 the Cubs placed him on waivers to release him.
Carmen Fanzone was a utility man who played all four infield spots, mostly third base, in 237 major-league games for the Red Sox and Cubs between 1970 and 1974, and a trumpeter who built a second career in music. A Detroit native who studied music at Central Michigan, he signed with Boston in 1964 and was the Eastern League MVP at Pittsfield in 1968, after a week of spring batting lessons from Ted Williams. The Red Sox traded him to the Cubs for Phil Gagliano in December 1970. After a .327, 28-homer season at Tacoma, he homered on the first pitch he saw in the National League, off Pittsburgh's Steve Blass on September 8, 1971. In 1972 he set career highs with 8 home runs and 42 RBI. On June 18 that year he played the national anthem on trumpet at Wrigley Field, and on September 2 he caught the final out of Milt Pappas's no-hitter, a popup. He finished at .224 with 20 home runs and 94 RBI, played for the Hawaii Islanders in 1975, and moved to Los Angeles in 1976, where he worked as a jazz flugelhorn player and later married vocalist Sue Raney.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 221 | 9 | 95 | 103 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #484 card?
It is card #484 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Carmen Fanzone of the Chicago Cubs.
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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