1970 Topps #182 Dick Hall
About Dick Hall
Hall was the first pitcher to record a win in League Championship Series play, on October 4, 1969, after a 5-2 season with a 1.92 ERA in 39 relief games. Topps #182, from the second print series of the 1970 set, lists him with the Orioles. He went 10-5 with a 3.08 ERA in 32 games that year and was the oldest player in the American League. During the World Series against Cincinnati, Brooks Robinson said the players grabbed Hall to interpret for the Latin press.
Richard Wallace Hall was born September 27, 1930, in St. Louis, grew up mostly in New Jersey and around Baltimore, and left Swarthmore College with an economics degree and eleven letters in five sports. Branch Rickey signed him as a hitter, and Hall broke in as a Pittsburgh outfielder in 1952; handed a regular outfield job in 1954, he batted .239, and in 1955 he began the move to the mound, pitching exclusively from 1957 on. He hurt his arm on a knuckleball Rickey had suggested, and the sore arm plus a bout of hepatitis cost him most of 1957 and all of 1958, but he returned to win the 1959 Pacific Coast League MVP award. Traded to Kansas City that December and to Baltimore in April 1961, the 6-foot-6 right-hander turned into one of the game's great control artists, nicknamed Turkey for his odd pitching motion. He was an Oriole through 1966, a Phillie in 1967 and 1968, and an Oriole again from 1969 through 1971. He was on the World Series winners of 1966, a year elbow tendinitis limited him, and of 1970, when he saved Game Two. A working accountant and CPA, Hall joined the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 1989 and died in 2023 at 92.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 143 | 4 | 29 | 80 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1970 Topps #182 card?
It is card #182 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Hall of the Baltimore Orioles.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-25.