1970 Topps #353 Stan Williams
About Stan Williams
All 68 of Williams's 1970 appearances for the Twins came in relief, covering 113 1/3 innings with 76 strikeouts. In the ALCS he worked 6 innings as Baltimore swept Minnesota in three games. His #353, a series 3 card, lists him with the Twins.
Stanley Wilson Williams was a hard-throwing right-hander who pitched 14 major-league seasons, 1958 through 1972, for the Dodgers, Yankees, Indians, Twins, Cardinals, and Red Sox. Born in Enfield, New Hampshire, on September 14, 1936, he was three when the family moved to Denver, and the Brooklyn Dodgers signed him out of East High School in 1954, when he was 17. He reached Los Angeles in May 1958 at 21. Listed at 6-foot-5, with a fastball he was happy to run inside, he answered to "Big Daddy" for his size and strength and to "the Big Hurt" for his habit of moving hitters off the plate. He was an All-Star in 1960, his only such season, and won a career-high 15 games in 1961, while walking more than 100 batters, part of the command trouble that followed him through his career. He finished 109-94 with a 3.48 ERA and 1,305 strikeouts, and he never allowed an earned run in postseason play. He won a World Series ring with the 1959 Dodgers and a second as pitching coach of the 1990 Reds, one of 14 coaching seasons across five clubs. Williams scouted into his 70s, entered the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2013, and died in 2021 at 84.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 189 | 5 | 34 | 118 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 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 #353 card?
It is card #353 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Stan Williams of the Minnesota Twins.
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.