1975 Topps #7 Steve Busby / Dick Bosman / Nolan Ryan
The '74 Highlights no-hitter card: Bosman, Busby and Ryan share the set's first multi-subject card.
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 the players on this card
Steve Busby
Steve Busby, a right-hander out of USC, was drafted by Kansas City in the second round in 1971 and reached the majors the following September on a call-up from Triple-A Omaha. In 1973, his first full season, he no-hit the Detroit Tigers on April 27 for the first no-hitter in Royals history and was named American League Rookie Pitcher of the Year. On June 19, 1974, he no-hit the Milwaukee Brewers, becoming the first pitcher in major-league history to throw no-hitters in each of his first two full seasons; both gems were caught by Fran Healy, the same Fran Healy whose photo — not Busby's — mistakenly appears on Busby's own 1975 Topps card #120, one of the set's two famous photo mix-ups. Busby went 22-14 in 1974 to earn Royals Pitcher of the Year honors and made his second All-Star team in 1975, but a torn rotator cuff, repaired in pioneering surgery, sapped his effectiveness and ended his career after 1980. He finished 70-54 with 659 strikeouts, ranks ninth on the Royals' career wins list, and in 1986 became one of the first two players inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, alongside Amos Otis.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Dick Bosman
Richard Allen Bosman signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1963, then passed through the Giants' system before Washington's December 1964 draft brought him to the Senators, for whom he debuted on June 1, 1966. He developed into the Senators/Rangers' ace, leading the American League with a 2.19 ERA in 1969 and winning a career-high 16 games in 1970, a run that included a one-hitter against Minnesota broken up only by César Tovar's leadoff single. Traded to Cleveland on May 10, 1973, Bosman authored the signature moment of his career on July 19, 1974, no-hitting the defending champion Oakland Athletics, missing a perfect game only because of his own throwing error on a fourth-inning bunt. Pictured with the Indians on this 1975 Topps card, Bosman was dealt to Oakland, the very team he'd no-hit, and helped the A's to a division title that season. He finished with 82 wins and 757 strikeouts, then spent three decades as a respected pitching coach for the White Sox, Orioles, Rangers, and Rays.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Nolan Ryan
Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. signed out of Alvin, Texas, as a 12th-round pick of the New York Mets in the 1965 draft and broke in with New York in 1966, returning for good in 1968. He won a championship ring in relief for the 1969 'Miracle Mets,' but his legend took shape after the Angels landed him in a 1971 trade for Jim Fregosi — one of the most lopsided deals in the game's history. Over 27 seasons with the Mets, Angels, Astros, and Rangers, the right-hander became 'the Ryan Express,' a name a New York sportswriter hung on him after the 1965 film Von Ryan's Express, later shortened once it stuck. He retired with a record 5,714 strikeouts, seven no-hitters, and eight All-Star nods, entering Cooperstown in 1999 on 98.8% of the vote. His 1975 Topps #5 Highlights card marks the third of those no-hitters, thrown on the final day of the 1974 season to pull him within one of Sandy Koufax's career mark; he also appears among the 1974 AL strikeout leaders on #312, and his #500 base card sits at a hero number that thousands have submitted for grading without a single PSA 10 ever awarded.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,093 | 7 | 157 | 846 | 555 | 258 | 140 | 129 | 1 |
| SGC | 260 | 0 | 12 | 95 | 52 | 37 | 35 | 25 | 4 |
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
Team card: #72 Kansas City Royals
More Kansas City Royals cards:
- #24 Al Fitzmorris
- #48 Freddie Patek
- #95 John Mayberry
- #120 Steve Busby
- #144 Jim Wohlford
- #169 Cookie Rojas
- #228 George Brett
- #251 Fran Healy
- #268 Hal McRae
- #295 Vada Pinson
- #314 Buck Martinez
- #340 Paul Splittorff
- #364 Doug Bird
- #389 Tony Solaita
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1975 Topps #7 card?
It is card #7 of the 660-card 1975 Topps Baseball set, picturing Steve Busby, Dick Bosman, Nolan Ryan. 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.