1970 Topps #457 Rico Petrocelli
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Cards #450-469 are the twenty All-Star cards, one player to a card, alternating the leagues - National League on the even numbers, American League on the odd - from #450 Willie McCovey to #469 Sam McDowell. Every one of the twenty also has a regular card in the set, and ten of them picture Hall of Famers.
About Rico Petrocelli
Petrocelli hit .297 in 1969 with a .589 slugging percentage, second in the American League to Reggie Jackson's .608. He then drove in a career-high 103 runs in 1970 with 29 home runs and a .261 average. He played 157 games that year, 141 of them at shortstop. No Red Sox shortstop had topped 100 RBIs since 1950. Topps gave him two Red Sox cards: #457 in the All-Stars subset, from the fourth series, and #680, a high number from the seventh 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. 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 and drove in 773 runs. He batted .251 in 1,553 games. He played for Boston's 1967 "Impossible Dream" pennant winners and the 1975 American League champions, appearing in the 1967 and 1975 World Series and the 1975 American League Championship Series. After his final season 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.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 227 | 1 | 26 | 110 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 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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Related cards
More Rico Petrocelli in this set: #680
Team card: #563 Boston Red Sox
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- #39 Mike Nagy
- #62 1969 American League Batting Leaders
- #78 Joe Lahoud
- #104 Gerry Moses
- #116 Sparky Lyle
- #144 Ray Culp
- #163 Syd O'Brien
- #191 Vicente Romo
- #215 Reggie Smith
- #237 Russ Gibson
- #251 Dick Schofield
- #279 Bill Lee
- #317 Red Sox 1970 Rookie Stars
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1970 Topps #457 card?
It is card #457 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rico Petrocelli of the Boston Red Sox. Cards #450-469 are the twenty All-Star cards, one player to a card, alternating the leagues - National League on the even numbers, American League on the odd - from #450 Willie McCovey to #469 Sam McDowell. Every one of the twenty also has a regular card in the set, and ten of them picture Hall of Famers.
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.