1966 Topps #421 Roy McMillan
About Roy McMillan
The end came quickly. Ed Bressoud, acquired from Boston over the winter, took most of the shortstop work in 1966, and McMillan got into 76 games, batting .214 with one home run and 12 RBIs before playing his final major league game on August 3 at the age of thirty-seven. The Mets went 66-95 and finished ninth -- the first time in franchise history they escaped last place and the first time they lost fewer than 100. His 1966 Topps card, #421 from the fifth series, is the last Topps card of his playing career.
Roy McMillan (born July 17, 1929, in Bonham, Texas; died November 2, 1997) played shortstop in the major leagues from 1951 to 1966 for the Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves and New York Mets. He walked into a Cincinnati tryout camp at McKinney, Texas, in 1947 with almost no organized baseball behind him and was signed on the strength of his hands. He took over as the Reds' shortstop in 1952 and spent the decade as the most admired glove man in the league, nicknamed "Mr. Shortstop." He led the National League in fielding percentage four times, won a Gold Glove in each of the award's first three seasons, 1957 through 1959, and made the All-Star team in 1956 and 1957. Alongside second baseman Johnny Temple he formed one of the era's best double-play combinations. Cincinnati's writers named him the Reds' 1956 Most Valuable Player on the strength of that glove -- he hit three home runs that year. Traded to Milwaukee after the 1960 season, he finished as a player with the Mets and later served brief turns as interim manager of the Brewers and the Mets. He retired with a .972 fielding percentage in 2,093 games, and entered the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1971 and later the Texas and Ohio baseball halls of fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 190 | 0 | 24 | 95 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 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 #421 card?
It is card #421 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roy McMillan of the New York Mets.
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.