1975 Topps #280 Carl Yastrzemski
About Carl Yastrzemski
Carl Yastrzemski spent all 23 of his major-league seasons patrolling left field for the Boston Red Sox, taking over from Ted Williams in 1961 and retiring in 1983 as the franchise's all-time leader in hits, runs, doubles, RBI, and games played. Nicknamed "Yaz" — shorthand for a Polish surname reporters and fans struggled to pronounce — he won three American League batting titles (1963, 1967, 1968) and seven Gold Gloves. His signature year came in 1967: a Triple Crown (.326, 44 home runs, 121 RBI), the AL MVP award, and a 7-for-8 stretch over the final two games that carried Boston from a ninth-place finish the year before to the "Impossible Dream" pennant. He batted .400 with three home runs that fall in a seven-game World Series loss to St. Louis. Yastrzemski finished with 3,419 hits and 452 home runs, the first American Leaguer to clear both the 3,000-hit and 400-homer marks, and made 18 All-Star teams. He entered the Hall of Fame in 1989 on the first ballot with 94.6% of the vote. His 1975 Topps run pairs his standard card (#280) with an appearance on that year's AL/NL MVP-subset card (#205), marking his 1967 award.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 3,505 | 18 | 323 | 1,277 | 809 | 504 | 299 | 274 | 1 |
| SGC | 709 | 0 | 34 | 138 | 202 | 148 | 104 | 77 | 6 |
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 #280 card?
It is card #280 of the 660-card 1975 Topps Baseball set, picturing Carl Yastrzemski.
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.