1970 Topps #120 Sal Bando
About Sal Bando
Bando reached the 1970 All-Star break with seventeen home runs and 56 RBI for Oakland. He added three home runs and nineteen RBI over the rest of the season and finished at .263. His Athletics card, #120, appeared in the first series of 1970 Topps.
Sal Bando played third base for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics and the Milwaukee Brewers over 16 major league seasons. A four-time All-Star, he finished with a .254 average, 242 home runs and 1,039 RBI. He played for Oakland's three consecutive World Series champions from 1972 through 1974. The Athletics drafted him in the sixth round in 1965, and he reached the majors the following year. After retiring in 1981, he joined Milwaukee's front office and served as general manager from 1991 to 1999. He was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 5 | 26 | 110 | 39 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 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 #120 card?
It is card #120 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sal Bando of the Oakland Athletics.
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.