1975 Topps #3 Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson's '74 Highlights card for strikeout 3,000 — paired with his final base card at #150.
About this card
Cards #1-7 open the set as the '74 Highlights subset, each marking a record or milestone from the 1974 season.
About Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson broke in with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 and spent all 17 of his big-league seasons in a Cardinals uniform, becoming the most fearsome starter of his era. He anchored two World Series champions (1964 and 1967), winning World Series MVP honors both times, and his 1968 season - a 1.12 ERA punctuated by 17 strikeouts in Game One of that year's Series - stands among the greatest ever pitched. That summer earned him the NL MVP award and the first of his two Cy Young Awards (1968, 1970); he was a nine-time All-Star. Nicknamed "Hoot" after cowboy film star Hoot Gibson, he pitched a no-hitter on August 14, 1971, and on July 17, 1974 struck out Cincinnati's César Gerónimo for his 3,000th career punchout - the milestone captured on his 1975 Topps '74 Highlights card (#3), paired here with his final base card (#150) from his farewell season. He also appears on the 1968 MVPs subset card (#206, with Denny McLain's name misspelled "McClain" on the back). Gibson retired with 251 wins and 3,117 strikeouts, then entered the Hall of Fame in 1981 in his first year of eligibility.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,088 | 4 | 66 | 382 | 300 | 142 | 105 | 89 | 0 |
| SGC | 113 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 2 |
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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Related cards
More Bob Gibson in this set: #150
Team card: #246 St. Louis Cardinals
More St. Louis Cardinals cards:
- #2 Lou Brock
- #27 Ken Reitz
- #51 Bob Forsch
- #75 Ted Simmons
- #98 Rich Folkers
- #122 Al Hrabosky
- #150 Bob Gibson
- #174 Bake McBride
- #231 Mike Tyson
- #272 Lynn McGlothen
- #289 Ken Rudolph
- #296 Alan Foster
- #328 Sonny Siebert
- #349 Ray Sadecki
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1975 Topps #3 card?
It is card #3 of the 660-card 1975 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Gibson. Cards #1-7 open the set as the '74 Highlights subset, each marking a record or milestone from the 1974 season.
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.