1974 Topps #172 Gene Clines
About Gene Clines
Clines hit .225 in 107 games for the 1974 Pirates. He had 62 hits and stole 14 bases. He went to the plate once in the NLCS, which the Dodgers won three games to one. His 1974 Topps #172 shows him in a Pirates uniform.
Gene Clines was a right-handed outfielder with speed and a good glove who spent ten seasons in the majors, 1970 through 1979, with the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs. Pittsburgh took him in the sixth round of the 1966 draft, and he arrived as a reserve who hit .405 in 31 games in 1970. He belonged to the Pirates teams that won four National League East titles in five years and the 1971 World Series. Pittsburgh traded him to the Mets for Duffy Dyer in October 1974; the Mets sent him to Texas for Joe Lovitto, and the Rangers passed him to the Cubs as the player to be named later in the Darold Knowles deal. He finished with a .277 average, 5 home runs and 71 stolen bases in 870 games. A coaching career followed, with the Cubs, Astros, Mariners, Brewers and Giants, where he was hitting coach from 1997, and later the Dodgers as an instructor and adviser. He died in Bradenton, Florida, on January 27, 2022.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 171 | 9 | 66 | 72 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 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 #172 card?
It is card #172 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gene Clines of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.