1977 Topps #477 Rookie Infielders - Doug Ault / Rich Dauer / Orlando Gonzalez / Phil Mankowski
On this card: Doug Ault, Rich Dauer, Orlando Gonzalez, Phil Mankowski
About this card
Cards #472-479 and #487-494 are the sixteen 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 #472, #473, #474, #475, #487, #489, #491 and #493 at least 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
Four rookie prospects share card #477: Ault, shown with Toronto, Rich Dauer with Baltimore, Orlando Gonzalez with Cleveland and Phil Mankowski with Detroit. The stat line behind it is Ault's September 1976 call-up with Texas, nine games and six hits in 20 at-bats, a .300 average. The card is a rookie card for all four players. First baseman Doug Ault hit the first two home runs in Blue Jays history on April 7, 1977. He batted .236 with 17 homers in 256 games for Texas and Toronto, then managed Syracuse to the 1985 International League pennant.
Dauer opened 1977 as Baltimore's starting second baseman, began the season 1-for-41, and lost the job to Billy Smith before winning it back by season's end. He hit .243 with five home runs in 96 games. His September 1976 callup had gone 4-for-39. His rookie card, #477, is a four-man Rookie Prospects card shared with Doug Ault, printed with Toronto, Orlando Gonzalez of Cleveland and Phil Mankowski of Detroit. Baltimore Orioles second baseman from 1976 to 1985, a first-round pick from USC who won the 1983 World Series. Nicknamed Wacko by Jim Palmer, he later coached 19 major league seasons and entered the Orioles Hall of Fame in 2012.
Cleveland used Gonzalez in 28 games in 1976, when he hit .250 with 17 hits in 68 at-bats. His 1977 Topps rookie card, #477 in the Rookie Prospects subset, grouped him with Toronto's Doug Ault, Baltimore's Rich Dauer and Detroit's Phil Mankowski. Orlando Gonzalez was a Cuban-born first baseman and outfielder who batted and threw left-handed. A college All-American at Miami, he played 79 major-league games for Cleveland, Philadelphia and Oakland.
Mankowski's 1977 card #477 is a four-player Rookie Prospects card, his rookie card, shared with Doug Ault (printed with Toronto), Rich Dauer (Baltimore) and Orlando Gonzalez (Cleveland); Mankowski is shown with Detroit. He had debuted in 1976 as the Tigers' third baseman, hitting .271 with four RBI in 24 games. In 1977 itself he set career highs of 94 games, 79 hits and 27 RBI. Third baseman for the Detroit Tigers from 1976 to 1979 and the New York Mets in 1980 and 1982. A Buffalo native drafted in 1970, he hit .264 in 269 games and later played Hank Benz in the film The Natural.
Sources: Wikipedia (Doug Ault) · Wikipedia (Rich Dauer) · Wikipedia (Phil Mankowski) · SABR BioProject (Doug Ault) · SABR BioProject (Rich Dauer) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 223 | 24 | 125 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 1977 Topps #477 card?
It is card #477 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Doug Ault, Rich Dauer, Orlando Gonzalez and Phil Mankowski. Cards #472-479 and #487-494 are the sixteen 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 #472, #473, #474, #475, #487, #489, #491 and #493 at least one of the four had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
Is 1977 Topps #477 a rookie card?
Yes - #477 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Doug Ault, Rich Dauer, Orlando Gonzalez and Phil Mankowski.
How many cards are in the 1977 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1 through 660 with none skipped and distributed 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.