1974 Topps #536 Duffy Dyer
About Duffy Dyer
Dyer batted .185 with a home run and 9 RBI for the 1973 Mets. Topps kept him with the New York Mets on card #536 in 1974. He hit .211 in 63 games that season and caught in 45 of them.
Don Robert "Duffy" Dyer caught in the majors for fourteen seasons, 1968 to 1981, half of them with the New York Mets. A converted outfielder at Arizona State, where he helped win the 1965 College World Series alongside Sal Bando and Rick Monday, Dyer debuted with the Mets in September 1968, then made the club in 1969 behind Jerry Grote. He became a fan favorite with a pinch-hit, three-run homer on Opening Day 1969 and earned a championship ring as a rookie on the Miracle Mets. In 1972 he set career highs with 94 games, eight home runs and 36 RBI, and he led National League catchers in double plays. Traded to Pittsburgh after the 1974 season, he backed up Manny Sanguillen and later caught John Candelaria's 1976 no-hitter before closing his career with Montreal and Detroit. After retiring he became a longtime coach and minor league manager, guiding Kenosha to a Midwest League title in 1985 and later returning to manage the Kenosha Kingfish.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 293 | 7 | 174 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #536 card?
It is card #536 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Duffy Dyer of the New York Mets.
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.