1975 Topps #444 Gene Garber
About Gene Garber
Henry Eugene Garber, pictured on card #444 in a Phillies uniform, was in the second season of a four-year Philadelphia stint (1974-78) that bridged a nineteen-year big-league career. A Pittsburgh 20th-round pick out of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania in 1965, he worked his father's dairy farm between minor-league stops at Batavia, Raleigh, York and Columbus before debuting with the Pirates on June 17, 1969. Traded through Kansas City to Philadelphia in 1974, the side-armer's herky-jerky windup and sinking change-up made him a bullpen fixture; in 1977 he won his only postseason decision, the first Phillies pitcher to win a playoff game in 62 years. Dealt to Atlanta in 1978, Garber famously struck out Pete Rose that August to end Rose's NL-record hitting-streak bid, and posted a career-high 30 saves for the 1982 division-winning Braves. He finished with 96 wins, 218 saves and 940 strikeouts across 931 games — fifth-most in history at his 1988 retirement — then returned to Lancaster County to farm and champion agricultural land preservation.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 247 | 1 | 52 | 154 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 #444 card?
It is card #444 of the 660-card 1975 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gene Garber.
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.