1966 Topps #77 Johnny Orsino
About Johnny Orsino
First-series card #77 in 1966 Topps introduces Orsino as a Washington Senator, Baltimore having traded him to Washington for Woodie Held on October 12, 1965. The 1965 season behind the card started well and then came apart. He made 60 starts, batted .233 with nine home runs in 232 at-bats, and watched Brown and Lau take the bulk of the catching as his throwing arm weakened to the point that he could no longer make the throws the position asked for.
John Joseph Orsino (April 22, 1938 - November 1, 2016) was a 6-foot-3, 215-pound right-handed catcher, born in Teaneck, New Jersey and raised in nearby Fort Lee, where he played ball at Fort Lee High School. The New York Giants signed him as an amateur free agent in 1957, and he climbed the farm system, hitting .296 with 21 home runs for Double-A Rio Grande Valley in 1960. He reached the San Francisco Giants on July 14, 1961, then lost much of 1962 to Army duty he was called into after the Berlin crisis, getting back in time for a single at-bat in a World Series the Yankees took from the Giants in seven games. Traded to Baltimore that December, Orsino had his finest season in 1963, then fought a broken hand, a weakening throwing arm and finally an elbow that would not heal after a 1965 trade to Washington. He left the majors with 252 hits, 40 home runs and 123 RBIs and a .249 average in 332 games, and played his last professional season in the minors in 1969. He later coached baseball at Fairleigh Dickinson University, managed in the Cleveland farm system, and coached Florida Atlantic University's men's golf team.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 310 | 2 | 41 | 159 | 73 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| SGC | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 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. 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 #77 card?
It is card #77 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Orsino of the Washington Senators.
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.