1978 Topps #75 Dick Ruthven
About Dick Ruthven
Ruthven went 7-13 with a 4.23 ERA in 1977 for a Braves club that lost 101 games, and he appears with Atlanta on card #75. He won three games to start the year, then tore an ankle tendon, missed more than two months and lost eight straight after returning. He finished with 25 games and 23 starts. In April 1978 he said he had something to prove, and on June 15, with a 2-6 record, he went back to Philadelphia for Gene Garber.
Dick Ruthven was a right-handed starting pitcher who worked 14 major league seasons, from 1973 to 1986, for the Phillies, Braves and Cubs. A Fresno State star who struck out 171 batters in 1971 and was named a first-team All-American in 1972, he signed with Philadelphia as the first overall pick of the January 1973 secondary draft and went straight from campus to the majors. He made two National League All-Star teams, in 1976 with Atlanta and in 1981 with the Phillies, and won a career-high 17 games for the 1980 world champions, pitching two shutout innings in relief to win Game 5 of that year's NLCS. Quarrels with Ted Turner and Pat Corrales preceded trades, and he finished with the Cubs, who won the 1984 NL East title. He retired after a rare vascular condition and experimental surgery. His career line was 123-127 with a 4.14 ERA, 1,145 strikeouts, 61 complete games and 17 shutouts in 2,109 innings.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 131 | 29 | 76 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 1978 Topps #75 card?
It is card #75 of the 726-card 1978 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Ruthven of the Atlanta Braves.
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.