1965 Topps #180 Bob Allison
About Bob Allison
Card #180, a series-3 issue in the 1965 set, reports Allison's 1964 season: 32 home runs, 86 RBI and a career-high .287 average that carried him to his third and final All-Star selection, this one as a starter. On May 2 he took part in one of the decade's oddest bursts, Tony Oliva, Allison, Jimmie Hall and Harmon Killebrew hitting consecutive 11th-inning home runs against the Kansas City Athletics in a 7-3 win, the first time four straight homers had come in extra innings in major league history.
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 · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 314 | 5 | 56 | 155 | 57 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. The two checklist variations, #79 and #508, are listed under the wording PSA uses for each state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #180 card?
It is card #180 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Allison of the Minnesota Twins.
How many cards are in the 1965 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 600 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no printed-number collisions, and two checklist cards - #79 and #508 - carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-11.