1966 Topps #298 Rico Petrocelli
The card marks his 1965 Topps All-Star Rookie team selection.
About Rico Petrocelli
1966 Topps #298 covers Petrocelli's second full season, in which he played 139 games at shortstop and batted .238 with 18 home runs and 59 RBIs. The card carries a Topps All-Star Rookie trophy design marking his selection to the 1965 All-Star Rookie team. It comes from the set's fourth print series.
Americo Peter "Rico" Petrocelli was born June 27, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of seven children of Italian immigrant parents. He signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1961 and reached the majors for a single September game in 1963 before taking over as Boston's starting shortstop in 1965. A two-time All-Star, he set what was then a league record for home runs by a shortstop with 40 in 1969, and helped anchor Boston's 1967 "Impossible Dream" pennant club and 1975 American League champions. In 1971 he moved to third base to make room for Luis Aparicio, and led American League third basemen in fielding percentage that year. Over 13 seasons, all with Boston, he hit 210 home runs with 773 RBIs and a .251 average in 1,553 games. He played in the 1967 and 1975 World Series and the 1975 American League Championship Series. After retiring in 1976 he worked in broadcasting and managed in the minor leagues for the White Sox and Red Sox organizations. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1997, a team honor separate from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, to which he has not been elected.
Sources: Wikipedia · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 329 | 2 | 24 | 104 | 94 | 49 | 24 | 32 | 0 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
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 #298 card?
It is card #298 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rico Petrocelli of the Boston Red Sox.
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.