1975 Topps #617 1975 Rookie Infielders
One of the eleven four-player rookie cards (#614-624).
About this card
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
Mike Cubbage
Michael Lee Cubbage was born July 21, 1950, in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he starred as both a third baseman and quarterback at Lane High School before enrolling at the University of Virginia. Drafted by the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers organization in 1971, he climbed steadily through the minors and reached the majors with Texas on April 7, 1974. Cubbage appears on card #617 of 1975 Topps, a four-player "Rookie Infielders" card, a genuine and widely recognized rookie card issued while he was still shuttling between Triple-A Spokane and the Rangers bench. Traded to Minnesota in June 1976 in the deal that sent Bert Blyleven to Texas, Cubbage became the Twins' regular third baseman, highlighted by a cycle against Toronto on July 27, 1978. He closed his eight-season playing career with the 1981 Mets, batting .258 with 34 home runs over 703 games, then spent two more decades managing in the Mets' farm system and coaching in the majors, including a turn as the Mets' interim manager in 1991.
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Doug DeCinces
Doug DeCinces broke into the majors with the Baltimore Orioles in September 1973, the club that had signed him in the third round of the 1970 draft out of Los Angeles Pierce College. He appears on the 1975 Topps "Rookie Infielders" card (#617, shared with Mike Cubbage, Reggie Sanders and Manny Trillo), a recognized rookie card from the year he first saw extended big-league duty. DeCinces spent parts of nine seasons in Baltimore, inheriting third base from Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson in 1978 and helping the Orioles win the 1979 American League pennant — his walk-off two-run homer off Dave Tobik that June was later credited with sparking "Oriole Magic." Traded to the California Angels in January 1982 to open third base for a young Cal Ripken Jr., DeCinces won the Silver Slugger Award that year and made the American League All-Star team in 1983. He finished his 15-year career with 237 homers and 879 RBIs, then played a final season in Japan with the Yakult Swallows, homering in the first game ever played at the Tokyo Dome.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Reggie Sanders
Reginald Jerome Sanders, a second-round pick of the Oakland Athletics out of Venice High School in Los Angeles in 1968, was traded to the Detroit Tigers in 1972. He reached the majors on September 1, 1974, and homered off Catfish Hunter in his first big-league at-bat. With Bill Freehan sharing time at first base, Sanders took over the position for most of September, batting .273/.308/.434 with three homers in 26 games. It wasn't enough to hold the job: the Tigers acquired Nate Colbert for 1975 and, on March 30, traded Sanders to the Atlanta Braves for Jack Pierce. By the time his rookie card, the 1975 Topps "Rookie Infielders" #617, shared with Mike Cubbage, Doug DeCinces and Manny Trillo, reached shops, he was playing in Atlanta's farm system. Sanders spent ten seasons in the minors, hit over 150 homers, and was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1977 Rule 5 draft but never returned to the majors. He died in Los Angeles in 2002 at age 52.
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Manny Trillo
A native of Caripito, Venezuela, Jesús Manuel Trillo signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1968 as a catcher before minor-league manager Dallas Green shifted him into the infield. Oakland took him in the 1969 Rule 5 draft, and the second baseman debuted in the majors on June 28, 1973, sharing in the A's 1974 World Series title. That October he was traded to the Chicago Cubs in the deal that sent Billy Williams to Oakland, and in 1975 he broke through as a rookie, driving in a career-high 70 runs and finishing third in NL Rookie of the Year balloting — the season captured on his shared "Rookie Infielders" card alongside Mike Cubbage, Doug DeCinces and Reggie Sanders. Nicknamed "Indio" by his childhood mentor Rómulo Ortiz, who teased his shy nature, Trillo became one of the era's premier defensive second basemen, leading the NL in assists four straight years and later setting a major-league record with 479 consecutive errorless chances. Dealt to Philadelphia in 1979, he won 1980 NLCS MVP honors and helped the Phillies win the franchise's first World Series title, adding three Gold Gloves, two Silver Sluggers and four All-Star nods across an eight-team, 17-year career.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 577 | 19 | 134 | 282 | 79 | 27 | 13 | 23 | 0 |
| SGC | 29 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. 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 #617 card?
It is card #617 of the 660-card 1975 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mike Cubbage, Doug DeCinces, Reggie Sanders, Manny Trillo. 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 #617 a rookie card?
Yes - #617 is a rookie card. Topps grouped four prospects on each card in the 1975 Rookies run, so the rookie designation covers every player pictured: Mike Cubbage, Doug DeCinces, Reggie Sanders, Manny Trillo.
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 2026-10-05.