1962 Topps #180 Bob Allison
About Bob Allison
Card #180 in the 1962 set is a series-2 issue printed in two states collectors chase separately: 180a without the green tint and 180b with it. It reports Allison's 1961 numbers from the Twins' first Minnesota season: 29 home runs, a career-high 105 RBI and a career-high 103 walks, fifth-most in the American League, on a .245 average. Three of those homers were grand slams, and on April 16 in Baltimore he hit the first grand slam in Twins history plus a three-run shot in the same game, driving in a career-best seven runs.
William Robert Allison signed with the Washington Senators in January 1955 and spent his entire 13-year major league career, 1958 through 1970, with the Senators/Twins franchise, mostly in the outfield. He won the 1959 American League Rookie of the Year award after hitting 30 home runs and driving in 85, added All-Star selections in 1963 and 1964, and finished with 256 home runs, 796 RBI and a .255 average across 1,541 games. On July 18, 1962 he and teammate Harmon Killebrew became the first teammates in major league history to hit grand slams in the same inning. Sportswriters called the two 'Mr. Upstairs' and 'Mr. Downstairs' for the arc of their home runs, Killebrew's towering shots against Allison's low, hard line drives. Diagnosed after his playing days with the neurological disorder ataxia, he died in 1995 at age 60; he was later inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame, and the club created the Bob Allison Award in his memory.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Print variations
Two states of #180 are tracked individually: 180a - No Green Tint and 180b - Green Tint. The difference is on the front of the card (green tint).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180a - No Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 249 | 0 | 10 | 104 | 100 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 180b - Green Tint | |||||||||
| PSA | 76 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #180 card?
It is card #180 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Allison of the Minnesota Twins.
Does 1962 Topps #180 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked separately: 180a - No Green Tint (No green tint - the standard first printing) and 180b - Green Tint (Green tint - the color-shifted second printing of series 2). Owning any one of them fills the #180 slot; the master set counts each state.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-03.