1977 Topps #347 George Foster
About George Foster
Foster hit three home runs against Atlanta on July 14 and reached 50 on September 23 off Buzz Capra, the first 50-homer total in the majors since Willie Mays in 1965. He finished at .320 with 52 homers and 149 RBI. Topps gave him two cards. #3 is a League Leaders card shared with Lee May of the Baltimore Orioles; #347 is his own Reds card with the All-Star designation.
George Foster was the left fielder and cleanup hitter of Cincinnati's Big Red Machine. The San Francisco Giants, the club of his boyhood hero Willie Mays, drafted him in the third round in 1968 out of El Camino Junior College and later sent him to the Reds for Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert. After years as a reserve, he took over left field in 1975 and helped Cincinnati win the 1975 and 1976 World Series. In Game 6 of the 1975 Series he caught Fred Lynn's drive and threw Denny Doyle out at the plate to send the game to extra innings. He won the 1977 National League MVP award and was a five-time All-Star. Foster was traded to the New York Mets on February 10, 1982, and signed a five-year, $10 million contract the next day. The Mets released him in August 1986, and he finished with the White Sox. He retired with 348 home runs and 1,239 RBI, and was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 390 | 13 | 127 | 140 | 42 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 0 |
| SGC | 34 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
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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More George Foster in this set: #3 League Leaders
Team card: #287 Cincinnati Reds Team
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- #121 Gary Nolan
- #139 Fred Norman
- #160 Will McEnaney
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1977 Topps #347 card?
It is card #347 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing George Foster of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.