1977 Topps #474 Rookie Shortstops - Bob Bailor / Kiko Garcia / Craig Reynolds / Alex Taveras
On this card: Bob Bailor, Kiko Garcia, Craig Reynolds, Alex Taveras
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
Bailor appears on card #474, printed with the Blue Jays. His 1976 was spent with Baltimore, where the Orioles recalled him in September and he went 2-for-6 in nine games. He shares the Rookie Prospects card with Kiko Garcia of the Orioles, Craig Reynolds of the Pirates and Alex Taveras of the Astros. For Bailor, Garcia and Taveras it is a rookie card. Bob Bailor played every position but first base and catcher for the Orioles, Blue Jays, Mets and Dodgers from 1975 to 1985, batting .264. Toronto's first expansion-draft pick, he later managed Syracuse and coached the Blue Jays.
Garcia spent all of 1977 in Baltimore, backing up shortstop Mark Belanger and hitting .221 with two home runs in 65 games. On April 24 he went 4-for-4 and scored the only Oriole run in a 2-1 loss to Detroit. Card #474 is a four-player Rookie Prospects card shared with Bob Bailor (printed with Toronto), Craig Reynolds (Pittsburgh) and Alex Taveras (Houston); Garcia, Bailor and Taveras each appear on their rookie cards. Infielder who succeeded Mark Belanger at shortstop for the 1979 pennant-winning Orioles and hit .400 in that World Series, then played for the Astros and Phillies, ending his career in 1985.
Card #474 gathers four prospects, Bob Bailor of the Blue Jays, Kiko Garcia of the Orioles, Reynolds as a Pirate and Alex Taveras of the Astros. By the time it circulated Reynolds was no longer in Pittsburgh: Seattle took Grant Jackson from the Yankees in the 1976 expansion draft, then a month later sent him to the Pirates for Reynolds and Jimmy Sexton. Shortstop for the Pirates, Mariners and Astros from 1975 to 1989, an original Seattle Mariner and the only shortstop picked for the American and National League All-Star teams in consecutive years, 1978 and 1979.
Taveras batted .217 in 14 games for Houston in 1976, splitting his fielding appearances between second base and shortstop. His 1977 Topps rookie card, #474, is a Rookie Prospects card that lists him with the Astros alongside Toronto's Bob Bailor, Baltimore's Kiko Garcia and Pittsburgh's Craig Reynolds. Taveras was a right-handed infielder from Santiago in the Dominican Republic. He played second base, shortstop and third base, and had three sons: Alex Jr., Smil and Joshua.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bob Bailor) · Wikipedia (Kiko Garcia) · Wikipedia (Craig Reynolds) · Wikipedia (Alex Taveras) · SABR BioProject (Bob Bailor) · SABR BioProject (Kiko Garcia) · Stats Crew · BaseballCardPedia (1) · BaseballCardPedia (2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 163 | 14 | 77 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #474 card?
It is card #474 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Bailor, Kiko Garcia, Craig Reynolds and Alex Taveras. 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 #474 a rookie card?
Yes - #474 is the rookie card of Bob Bailor, Kiko Garcia and Alex Taveras. Craig Reynolds had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.