1966 Topps #382 Phil Roof
About Phil Roof
Cleveland packaged Roof with a young Joe Rudi and shipped both to Kansas City at the 1965 winter meetings, and the trade finally handed him a job: he beat out incumbent Billy Bryan and caught 123 games for the A's. His first big-league home run, a two-run shot in the twelfth inning, beat Washington 5-3 on May 23; a week later his two-run double broke up Denny McLain's no-hit bid. He set career highs of 127 games, 77 hits, 14 doubles and 44 RBI while batting .209. Topps #382, from the fifth series, is his first card of his own after three straight multi-player Rookie Stars panels.
Phil Roof was a defense-first catcher whose glove and throwing arm kept him in the majors for 15 seasons while his bat rarely did. Born in Paducah, Kentucky on March 5, 1941, he signed with the Milwaukee Braves in 1959 out of St. Mary High School and debuted at 20, catching the ninth inning of an April 29, 1961 loss to the Giants without ever getting to hit. Two one-game looks with the Braves and a trade to the Los Angeles Angels left him a spare part; only a winter-meetings deal after the 1965 season, moving him from Cleveland to the Kansas City Athletics, finally gave him a regular job. He caught for that franchise through its move to Oakland, then worked for Milwaukee, Minnesota, Chicago and Toronto, becoming the first player the expansion Blue Jays ever acquired. He retired in 1977 with a .215 average, 43 home runs and 210 RBI across 857 games, but also a .986 fielding mark and real arm strength: in 1974 he threw out 48.8 percent of would-be base stealers, second among American League catchers. He later coached in four big-league bullpens and managed 16 years in the Twins chain, winning his 1,000th game as a manager in 2004.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac · Stats Crew
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 171 | 2 | 16 | 87 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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.
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Shop 1966 Topps cards Live auctions Buy It Now on eBay Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
Team card: #492 Kansas City Athletics
More Kansas City Athletics cards:
- #18 Roland Sheldon
- #36 Jim Hunter
- #55 Ken Harrelson
- #74 Don Mossi
- #107 Athletics 1966 Rookie Stars
- #143 Jose Tartabull
- #157 Rene Lachemann
- #175 Bert Campaneris
- #201 Jim Dickson
- #236 Mike Hershberger
- #256 Lew Krausse
- #287 Jack Aker
- #309 Diego Segui
- #332 Billy Bryan
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #382 card?
It is card #382 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Phil Roof of the Kansas City Athletics.
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.