1966 Topps #182 Jerry Lynch
About Jerry Lynch
1966 Topps #182, from the set's second series, shows Lynch in what proved to be his final major league season. He was almost purely a pinch hitter by then, taking 56 at-bats across 64 games and hitting .214. One swing still mattered: on August 12 at Crosley Field he came off the bench against his old club and homered off Don Nottebart to tie the game in the ninth. It was the 18th and last pinch-hit home run of his career, and his final at-bat in the park where he hit more homers, 46, than in any other. He played his last game on October 2, and the Pirates waived him that month.
Gerald Thomas Lynch was born July 17, 1929, in Bay City, Michigan, though his baseball cards and the encyclopedias of the day printed 1930. He played 13 major league seasons from 1954 to 1966, opening with the Pittsburgh Pirates after a Rule 5 draft pick out of the Yankees farm system, moving to Cincinnati the same way in December 1956, and returning to Pittsburgh in a May 1963 trade that sent outfielder Bob Skinner to the Reds. A left-handed hitter with limited range in the outfield, he turned a crowded depth chart into a specialty and became one of the most feared pinch hitters of his era. His 18 pinch-hit home runs were a major league record when he retired, stood until 1984, and remain the National League mark. Over 1,184 games he batted .277 with 798 hits, 115 home runs and 470 RBI. His best year was 1961, when he hit .315, slugged .624, and helped the Reds take their first National League pennant in 21 years. Pirates broadcaster Jim Woods called him the Allison Park Sweeper for his suburban Pittsburgh address and his machine-like work at the plate. He was elected to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, the club's team honor, in 1988, and died March 31, 2012, in Austell, Georgia.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 217 | 2 | 39 | 97 | 49 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #182 card?
It is card #182 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jerry Lynch of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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.