1978 Topps #106 Bill Plummer
About Bill Plummer
The Reds let Plummer become a free agent before 1978, and he signed a one-year contract with the Mariners in their second season. He caught 40 games behind Bob Stinson, hitting .215 for a club that lost 104 times, and shuttled between the minors and Seattle. Card #106 still lists him with the Reds.
Bill Plummer was a catcher who spent 1972 through 1977 as Johnny Bench's backup on the Cincinnati Reds, the Big Red Machine teams that won the 1975 and 1976 World Series. The Cubs took him from the Cardinals in the 1967 Rule 5 draft, and he appeared in two games in 1968 before Chicago sent him to Cincinnati in January 1969 in a deal for Ted Abernathy. He hit .188 with 14 home runs in 367 major-league games and finished in the majors with the 1978 Seattle Mariners. Opponents rated him tough and powerfully built, and Ken Griffey Sr. said in 1992 that he could have been a starter for anyone else. Plummer then managed for decades: Triple-A Calgary in the 1980s, the 1992 Mariners, who finished 64-98, and Arizona's farm system, with 1,583 managerial wins through 2017. He belongs to the Shasta County Sports Hall of Fame, the Sacramento Area Baseball Hall of Fame and the Northern California Sports Association Hall of Fame. He died in March 2024.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 94 | 7 | 53 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 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 1978 Topps #106 card?
It is card #106 of the 726-card 1978 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Plummer of the Cincinnati Reds.
How many cards are in the 1978 Topps Baseball set?
726 cards, numbered 1 through 726 with none skipped and issued as a single series, and 728 collectible states: #23 Bump Wills comes with or without a black circle, and #374 Jose Morales with or without black stitching over the red laces, so the master set counts both states of each.
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.