1966 Topps #99 Buc Belters - Willie Stargell / Donn Clendenon
On this card: Willie Stargell, Donn Clendenon
About this card
This is one of the five combo cards in the 1966 Topps set - #52 Power Plus, #99 Buc Belters, #156 D P Combo, #199 ChiSox Clubbers and #273 Astro Aces - each grouping two or three teammates under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
The story on this card
Card 99 in Topps' 1966 series pairs two Pittsburgh Pirates first basemen who shared time at the position in 1965. Willie Stargell was coming off a breakout year, driving in 100 runs for the first time while splitting duty between left field and first base. Donn Clendenon had taken over as the Pirates' regular first baseman after Pittsburgh traded Dick Stuart to open the job for him, and by 1965 he had driven in 96 runs while manning the position most days. Grouping the two under one heading let Topps spotlight the power building in the Pirates' lineup without giving either man his own card in that early print series.
Willie Stargell was Pittsburgh's power-hitting left fielder and first baseman, a seven-time All-Star known as "Pops" who won two World Series with the Pirates and, at age 39, took the 1979 National League MVP, NLCS MVP and World Series MVP awards. Donn Clendenon was Pittsburgh's power-hitting first baseman through the 1960s, a 28-homer man in 1966 who, after refusing a trade to Houston, landed with the Miracle Mets and hit three home runs to win the 1969 World Series MVP award.
Sources: Wikipedia (Willie Stargell) · Wikipedia (Donn Clendenon) · SABR BioProject (Willie Stargell) · SABR BioProject (Donn Clendenon) · Baseball Almanac (Donn Clendenon) · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2) · Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 763 | 1 | 31 | 188 | 173 | 128 | 83 | 155 | 4 |
| SGC | 129 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 29 | 27 | 33 | 3 |
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. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #99 card?
It is card #99 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Willie Stargell and Donn Clendenon. This is one of the five combo cards in the 1966 Topps set - #52 Power Plus, #99 Buc Belters, #156 D P Combo, #199 ChiSox Clubbers and #273 Astro Aces - each grouping two or three teammates under a headline rather than giving one man his own card.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, 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 2026-10-11.