1966 Topps #271 Hal Lanier
About Hal Lanier
Lanier appears twice in 1966 Topps: card #156, a second-series combination card he shares with fellow Giants infielder Dick Schofield, and card #271, a third-series solo card, both showing him as a San Francisco Giant. His 1966 season nearly mirrored his rookie year statistically, a .231 average with 37 RBI over 149 games split between second base and shortstop, part of the stretch in which Willie Mays leaned on him as a second captain for his read on opposing pitchers and hitters.
Harold Clifton "Hal" Lanier broke in with the San Francisco Giants in June 1964 and spent ten major league seasons, mostly at second base and shortstop, before finishing his playing career with the New York Yankees in 1973. The son of former big league pitcher Max Lanier, he was known as a defense-first infielder who studied opposing pitchers and hitters closely enough that Willie Mays made him an infield captain, responsible for spotting a tiring pitcher and going out to the mound to steady him. Lanier hit .274 in his rookie year and was picked for the 1964 Topps All-Star Rookie team, but his bat cooled in the seasons that followed while his glove work at shortstop, including a league-leading fielding season, kept him in the lineup. He finished with a .228 career average, 8 home runs and 273 RBI over 1,196 games. After retiring he moved into coaching and managing, most notably leading the Houston Astros to the 1986 NL West title and winning NL Manager of the Year in his rookie season at the helm.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 192 | 0 | 26 | 100 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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. 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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Related cards
More Hal Lanier in this set: #156 Combo
Team card: #19 San Francisco Giants
More San Francisco Giants cards:
- #1 Willie Mays
- #39 Ken Henderson
- #61 Bob Bolin
- #78 Frank Linzy
- #94 Matty Alou
- #115 Bill Henry
- #132 Orlando Cepeda
- #156 D P Combo
- #176 Jim Davenport
- #215 National League 1965 Batting Leaders
- #217 National League 1965 Home Run Leaders
- #219 National League 1965 RBI Leaders
- #221 National League 1965 ERA Leaders
- #242 Jesus Alou
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #271 card?
It is card #271 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hal Lanier of the San Francisco Giants.
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.