1975 Topps #620 1975 Rookie Catchers-Outfielders
Gary Carter's rookie card — 'The Kid' anchors the set's fourth Hall of Fame rookie.
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Cards #614-624 are the multi-player Rookie cards, four prospects to a card grouped by position - the run that carries the Rice, Carter, Lynn and Hernandez rookies.
About the players on this card
Gary Carter
Gary Carter, a third-round pick by the Montreal Expos in 1972, converted from infielder to catcher in the minors and reached the majors in September 1974. His 1975 Topps card (#620, "Rookie Catchers-Outfielders") is one of the set's key rookies, capturing the season he split time in right field and behind the plate, hit .270 with 17 home runs, and made the All-Star team as a rookie en route to Sporting News Rookie of the Year honors. Nicknamed "the Kid" for the youthful enthusiasm he showed at his first Expos spring training, Carter anchored Montreal through 1984, collecting three Gold Gloves, five Silver Sluggers and eleven All-Star selections, with All-Star Game MVP awards in 1981 and 1984. Dealt to the Mets after the 1984 season, he delivered signature hits in the 1986 postseason — a Game 5 NLCS single and the Game 6 World Series rally-starter — helping New York capture the championship. He finished with a .262 average, 2,092 hits, 324 home runs and 1,225 RBIs, closing his career back with Montreal in 1992. Carter was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003, the first player enshrined with an Expos cap on his plaque.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Marc Hill
Marc Hill was a durable, light-hitting catcher who spent 14 major league seasons as a reliable backup to three future Hall of Famers. Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the 1970 draft out of Elsberry, Missouri, he debuted in September 1973 behind Ted Simmons before an October 1974 trade sent him to the San Francisco Giants. Hill's 1975 Topps rookie card (#620) is shared with prospects Danny Meyer and Leon Roberts and with a young Gary Carter, making it one of the key rookie issues in the set. After platooning with Dave Rader, Hill won the Giants' starting job in 1977 and posted career highs of .250, 9 home runs and 50 RBIs. Sold to Seattle in 1980, he signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1981 and spent six seasons backing up Carlton Fisk, including on the 1983 AL West champions. Giants slugger Willie McCovey gave him the nickname "Booter." He later managed and coached across several organizations before his death in 2025.
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Danny Meyer
Danny Meyer signed with the Detroit Tigers as a fourth-round pick out of Santa Ana College in 1972 and immediately turned heads, batting .396 for the Appalachian League's Bristol Tigers to win the Silver Bat Award as Organized Baseball's batting champion. He debuted with Detroit on September 14, 1974, and became the Tigers' regular left fielder in 1975, homering off Luis Tiant to break up a perfect-game bid before a fractured foot sidelined him for nearly a month. Selected by the expansion Seattle Mariners in the 1976 draft, Meyer became the franchise's first Player of the Week and Player of the Month winner, its home run leader through 1984, and set a club record with a 21-game hitting streak in 1979. Fans knew him as "Disco Danny" from a Mariners television commercial. He closed his career with Oakland in 1985, finishing with a .253 average and 86 home runs over twelve big-league seasons. Meyer's 1975 Topps rookie card, #620, shared with fellow rookies Gary Carter, Marc Hill, and Leon Roberts, remains one of the key cards in the set.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Leon Roberts
Leon Roberts, a 6'3" right-handed corner outfielder out of the University of Michigan — where Bo Schembechler originally recruited him to play football — was Detroit's 10th-round pick in the 1972 draft. He debuted for the Tigers on September 3, 1974, and by 1975 was Detroit's regular right fielder, the unenviable job of replacing the retired Al Kaline. Traded to Houston that December, then to Seattle in 1977, Roberts had his finest season in 1978: a .301 average, 22 home runs and 92 RBI that drew American League MVP votes. He later played for Texas, Toronto and Kansas City, retiring after 1984 with a .267 average, 78 homers and 328 RBI over 11 seasons — a career he managed while secretly hiding poor eyesight in one eye from every team he played for. Roberts shares his key 1975 Topps rookie card, #620, with catcher Gary Carter, Marc Hill and Dan Meyer — one of the set's most sought cards thanks to Carter's Hall of Fame plaque.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 5,962 | 18 | 245 | 1,579 | 1,653 | 1,104 | 622 | 730 | 11 |
| SGC | 1,320 | 2 | 20 | 169 | 343 | 312 | 243 | 212 | 19 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-19. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. The graders do not split the 1975 Topps Mini or O-Pee-Chee issues into this set.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1975 Topps #620 card?
It is card #620 of the 660-card 1975 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gary Carter, Marc Hill, Danny Meyer, Leon Roberts. Cards #614-624 are the multi-player Rookie cards, four prospects to a card grouped by position - the run that carries the Rice, Carter, Lynn and Hernandez rookies.
Is 1975 Topps #620 a rookie card?
Yes - #620 is a rookie card. Topps grouped four prospects on each card in the 1975 Rookies run, so the rookie designation covers every player pictured: Gary Carter, Marc Hill, Danny Meyer, Leon Roberts.
How many cards are in the 1975 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1-660, with no variations and no short prints - PSA reports the cards were printed in equal quantities. The 1975 Topps Mini and the 1975 O-Pee-Chee issues are separate products with their own checklists.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, 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 2026-08-20.