1974 Topps #386 Gary Matthews
About Gary Matthews
Matthews played 154 games for San Francisco in 1974, the year after his Rookie of the Year award. He hit .287 with 16 home runs and 82 RBI. He collected 161 hits and scored 87 runs. Topps #386 shows him in a Giants uniform.
Gary Matthews was an outfielder who played 16 seasons, 1972 to 1987, for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners. A first-round pick of the Giants in 1968, he was the 1973 National League Rookie of the Year after hitting .300 with 12 home runs. He signed a five-year, $1,875,000 contract with Atlanta in November 1976, one of the early free-agent deals, and in 1979 he made his lone All-Star team with a .304 average, 27 home runs and 90 RBI. The Phillies acquired him for Bob Walk in March 1981, and he was the MVP of the 1983 NLCS, going 6-for-14 with three home runs and eight RBI against Los Angeles. Traded to the Cubs in March 1984, he scored 101 runs for their division winners and homered twice in Game One of the NLCS. He finished with 2,011 hits, 234 home runs and 978 RBI. He later coached for the Cubs, Blue Jays and Brewers and was a Phillies broadcast analyst from 2007 to 2013.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 217 | 3 | 88 | 110 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #386 card?
It is card #386 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gary Matthews of the San Francisco Giants.
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.