1966 Topps #52 Power Plus - Wes Covington / Johnny Callison
On this card: Wes Covington, Johnny Callison
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 #52 in Topps' 1966 series 1 pairs Wes Covington and Johnny Callison as "Power Plus," a combination card built around the punch both men supplied for the Phillies lineup. Covington, the veteran left-handed slugger, had settled into a platoon and pinch-hit role after arriving in Philadelphia during the 1961 season, still capable of turning on a fastball even as knee trouble limited his outfield time. Callison, the younger right fielder with the strong throwing arm, was coming off his signature 1965 season: a league-leading 16 triples, 32 home runs, and 101 RBI, on the heels of his walk-off, MVP-winning home run in the 1964 All-Star Game. Both wear Phillies caps on the card, and the two-man format let Topps pair an established power bat with the team's emerging offensive star.
Wes Covington was a left-handed slugging outfielder who helped Milwaukee beat the Yankees in the 1957 World Series and hit .330 the next summer, then spent five seasons platooning in left field for the Phillies. Johnny Callison, the Phillies' All-Star right fielder of the 1960s, a left-handed bat and a cannon arm whose ninth-inning three-run homer won the 1964 All-Star Game at Shea Stadium and earned him the game's MVP award.
Sources: Wikipedia (Wes Covington) · Wikipedia (Johnny Callison) · SABR BioProject (Wes Covington) · SABR BioProject (Johnny Callison) · Baseball Almanac (Wes Covington) · Baseball Almanac (Johnny Callison)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 304 | 2 | 31 | 135 | 61 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 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 #52 card?
It is card #52 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wes Covington and Johnny Callison. 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.