1974 Topps #510 Wayne Garrett
About Wayne Garrett
Moved into the leadoff spot in May 1973, Garrett had a career year with 16 home runs, a .256 average and 76 runs. In the NLCS his leadoff double in the fifth inning of Game 5 started the rally that beat Cincinnati. In the World Series he struck out eleven times, tying Eddie Mathews' 1958 record, and popped out to Bert Campaneris for the final out. Card #510 pictures him with the Mets.
Wayne Garrett was a left-handed-hitting third baseman who spent seven and a half seasons with the New York Mets, played 711 games at third base for them, and finished with the Montreal Expos and St. Louis Cardinals. A sixth-round pick of the Milwaukee Braves in 1965, he came to the Mets through the Rule 5 draft for $25,000 and made the 1969 roster as a utility man. The club kept shopping for a replacement almost every winter, bringing in Joe Foy, Bob Aspromonte, Jim Fregosi and Joe Torre, yet he took the job in 1973 and kept most of it through 1975. He played in two World Series with the Mets, homering twice against Oakland in 1973, once leading off Game 3, and he was the cutoff man on the Ball on the Wall play at Shea on September 20, 1973. The Mets sent him to Montreal in 1976, the Expos sold him to St. Louis in July 1978, and he finished his career with two seasons for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 264 | 15 | 127 | 104 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 8 | 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 #510 card?
It is card #510 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wayne Garrett 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.