1974 Topps #552 Denny Doyle
About Denny Doyle
Doyle moved to the American League and played 147 games for California, a career high, hitting .260 with 133 hits. The Angels changed managers during the season and won 68 games, finishing sixth in the American League West. His #552 card shows him with the California Angels.
Denny Doyle was a left-handed-hitting second baseman who played 944 major league games for the Phillies, Angels and Red Sox between 1970 and 1977. He grew up in Cave City, Kentucky, and went to Morehead State on a basketball scholarship. Passed over in the 1965 draft, he signed with the Phillies after scout Mel Clark worked him out following a Little League clinic. He climbed the farm system beside shortstop Larry Bowa and was the Pacific Coast League's Most Valuable Player at Eugene in 1969. Philadelphia traded him to California in December 1973, and the Angels sent him to Boston in June 1975. He hit .310 in 89 games for the Red Sox that year, put together a 22-game hitting streak, and started at second base in the ALCS sweep of Oakland and the seven-game World Series loss to Cincinnati. In the ninth inning of Game 6 he was thrown out at home plate, an out that came before Carlton Fisk's twelfth-inning home run, and he was the only player on either side to hit safely in all seven games. He finished with a .250 average, 16 home runs and 237 RBIs.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 182 | 6 | 74 | 87 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 1974 Topps #552 card?
It is card #552 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Denny Doyle of the California Angels.
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.