1978 Topps #217 Rod Gilbreath
About Rod Gilbreath
Gilbreath's last big-league season, 1978, covered 116 games, 62 of them at third base and 39 at second. He batted .245 with 3 home runs and 31 RBI. His final game came on October 1. Topps numbered his 1978 card #217.
Rod Gilbreath was a second baseman who spent his entire seven-year major league career, 1972 to 1978, with the Atlanta Braves. The Braves took him in the third round (69th overall) of the 1970 draft out of Jones County Junior College in Mississippi, and he reached Atlanta at 19 after a midseason promotion from Double-A Savannah in 1972. He split the next two years between the Braves and Triple-A Richmond, then held a big-league job from 1975 through 1978, topping 100 games in each of his last three seasons. He finished with a .248 average, 14 home runs and 125 RBI in 500 games, and led the National League with 20 sacrifice hits in 1976. After he retired as a player following the 1980 minor league season, he rejoined the Braves as a scout, minor league manager and player development executive, and was still on the club's professional scouting staff in 2011.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 104 | 20 | 59 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #217 card?
It is card #217 of the 726-card 1978 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rod Gilbreath 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.
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