1976 Topps #595 Rookie Pitchers - Art DeFilippis / Randy Lerch / Sid Monge / Steve Barr
On this card: Art DeFilippis, Randy Lerch, Sid Monge, Steve Barr
About this card
Cards #589-599 are the eleven four-player Rookie Prospects cards. A Rookie Prospects card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #590, #593, #597 and #598 one of the four had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
The story on this card
DeFilippis pitched for Texas' Triple-A Spokane club in 1975, going 6-7 with a 3.67 ERA in 135 innings. His 1976 Topps rookie card, #595, grouped him with Randy Lerch, Sid Monge and Steve Barr in the four-player Rookie Prospects subset. Art DeFilippis was a left-handed minor league pitcher drafted by Washington in 1970. He pitched at four Triple-A stops and later finished his professional career with Jacksonville in 1978.
Lerch shares card #595 with Art DeFilippis and Steve Barr of the Rangers and Sid Monge of the Angels, a four-man Rookie Prospects card that is his rookie card. It follows his 1975, when he went 16-6 with a 2.69 ERA for Double-A Reading and led the Eastern League in wins, then made three September relief appearances for Philadelphia. In 1976 itself he went 13-11 with a 3.35 ERA for Triple-A Oklahoma City under Jim Bunning and got one Phillies save in September. Left-hander Randy Lerch pitched for the Phillies, Brewers, Expos and Giants from 1975 to 1986 and was a Philadelphia rotation starter from 1977 to 1980. Teammates called him Blade.
Four pitchers share #595 in the 1976 Topps set: Steve Barr, Art DeFilippis, Randy Lerch and Sid Monge, a Rookie Prospects card on which each man has his rookie card. Monge is listed with the Angels, his club since a September 12, 1975 debut. In 1976 he went 6-7 with a 3.37 ERA in 32 games. On July 6 he gave up Frank Robinson's final home run, and on September 12 he threw a fastball to 53-year-old Minnie Minoso, whose single made him the oldest player to get a hit in the majors. Sid Monge, a left-handed reliever from Agua Prieta, Sonora, pitched for five clubs from 1975 to 1984 and went 49-40 with a 3.53 ERA. He made the 1979 American League All-Star team and entered the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004.
Barr's three-game July trial with Boston in 1975 included two starts and seven innings with a 2.57 ERA. He appeared in 20 games for Texas in 1976, starting ten. His Topps rookie card, #595, shared the Rookie Prospects panel with Art DeFilippis, Randy Lerch and Sid Monge. Left-handed pitcher who made 24 appearances for the Red Sox and Rangers from 1974 to 1976. A 7-4 complete-game debut for Boston preceded a trade to Texas for Ferguson Jenkins in November 1975.
Sources: Wikipedia (Randy Lerch) · Wikipedia (Sid Monge) · Wikipedia (Steve Barr) · SABR BioProject (Randy Lerch) · SABR BioProject (Sid Monge) · Stats Crew (1) · Stats Crew (2) · The Baseball Cube · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 222 | 19 | 111 | 73 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1976 Topps #595 card?
It is card #595 of the 660-card 1976 Topps Baseball set, picturing Art DeFilippis, Randy Lerch, Sid Monge and Steve Barr. Cards #589-599 are the eleven four-player Rookie Prospects cards. A Rookie Prospects card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #590, #593, #597 and #598 one of the four had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
Is 1976 Topps #595 a rookie card?
Yes - #595 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Art DeFilippis, Randy Lerch, Sid Monge and Steve Barr.
How many cards are in the 1976 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1 through 660 with none skipped and printed in equal quantities as a single series. No card carries a catalogued print variation, so the base set and the master set are the same 660 cards.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-25.