Best of 1975 Topps

[brewing]

List (highly encouraged to post pics) your top 5. The criteria of your selection is up to you (photo, great season, error, first card, favorite player, etc.).

We'll do each year starting from 1980 to 1952. I'll start a new year about once a week. I'll close voting a month after the first post of the thread and tally up the results.

With these basic rules...
1. You can only vote for a player's card twice during his entire run (Let's not make this a Mantle and Ryan love fest). Consider that when making your selections.

2. Provide a reason for each choice if you're the first person making that selection. You are encouraged, but it's not necessary to restate the point if someone already said it.

3. Pick only 5. We are going through 29 years, limiting to only Topps regular releases, tough decisions will be made. List honorable mentions if you desire, but they will not be counted in the final tally.

[brewing]

Finally a favorite set of many. Hopefully this will get more traffic. To me 1975 Topps is the mini. In Michigan we saw more mini's than regular sized cards. I loved the MVP subset, it taught me the MVP's from 51-74. What collector of 1975 Topps, can't recite the MVP's for those years.


I first acquired a copy of this card in 1982, traded a 1974 Parker for this and $10. Great photo of the young Yount on the way to becoming Mr. Brewer.


One of the best cards of the decade. Here we have Mr. Royal.



The final card of Mr. Tiger. So disappointed that Topps didn't release a final stats card for him. Notice the shadow in the back isn't his.


The best player in MLB at the time. Has the cool All Star logo. Is that picture taken at a local little league field? It sure looks like it.


What kid wasn't fascinated by this card? As a 12 yr old collector, this was a must have.

Honorable Mention:
Bench - AGAIN!! Classic pose, all star logo.
Aaron - Highlights card. First person since Ted Williams to have #1 card and last card in the set.

[JollyElm]

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An awesome action shot of Luis Tiant, Coluccio dumbfounded by a called strike, the Boog shouting something as he fights the sun, an artistic shot of Tom Terrific and then there's Steve Foucault. He was the last card I needed to complete the set and nobody had him to trade. Nobody!!!!! I thought they misprinted the checklist and the phantom Foucault never really existed. I had about 5 of every card in the set, but no matter how many rack packs we bought, Steve never deigned to appear. To this day, the sight of this card angers me!!!!!

[savedfrommyspokes]

The 75s are one of my favorite sets as it is a very colorful set. I like the fact that most of the players are pictured in their hats (unlike many lower series cards from the 60s and early 70s). The small price to pay for that is the number of airbrush jobs in the set. IMO, some of the worst air brush jobs (Osteen)are in this set...look at the consistency (or complete lack of) on the logos between the two Astros cards here. You have to love Staub's follow through and the precursor to Gamble's ultimate hair display on his 76 Topps TRD card.

[ALR-bishop]

In my experience, this set has fewer variations/print defects than almost any other Topps set

[Samsdaddy]

1975 Topps was the first year I collected cards and as many, your first set holds a special place in your heart.

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Living in the suburbs of Chicago, I was a White Sox fan and Dick Allen was the man. I still love this card even if on the back it says he was traded to Atlanta.

Also, I think it is cool he is wearing his batting helmet in the field.

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The last Aaron card where he appears as a Braves player. I love the All Star logo.

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Though I think the 1974 Reggie is a better action card, this is my favorite Reggie of the decade. Back as a 8 year old kid, I knew Reggie was a superstar as well as he was on the hottest team in baseball at the time.

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Fran Healy played with the Yankees for a while and became good friends with Reggie. He was a mediator between Reggie and Billy Martin. This card also reminds me of my youth. I had a ton of these. I like his pose with the big, fat catcher's mitt so prominant in the picture.

I also like Brett's rookie. I remember having his card back in 1981-82 and it was going for around $7.50 and I thought that was a lot of money for a baseball card.

[mattsedate]

The 75 set is one of my favorites.

[brewing]

Any comments or additions for this set?

Lately I've thought that Topps screwed the pooch on the Aaron cards.
He was at the height of fame as the all time HR king.
Why put the All Star label on his Highlight card? Could have easily added a third card as a Brave with the All Star label.

Here is what could have been.

[jmoran19]

Really like the 74 action highlight card

[danx]

A lot of great pics above - especially the Seaver - but saving, given the one card per player rule. Can't look at the Rollie or Brooks cards without feeling like I'm 7 years old again...

[rats60]

George Brett
Bill Madlock
Luis Tiant
Joe Ferguson
Steve Carlton

[tod41]

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1. Brooks Robinson - The truly iconic card from this set. A thing of beauty.
2. Reggie Jackson - Beautiful shot. All-Star error card.
3. Larry Haney - Best Action Shot in set
4. Ralph Garr - Second Best action shot in set
5. Herb Washington - Pinch Runner - What else need be said?

[rats60]

Ralph Garr is a reused photo from the 1974 set.

[mintacular]

Well, I will start with the '75 Aaron. I like the Red and Yellow color scheme. Some people call this the skittles set. Enjoy!