1970 Topps #267 Twins Rookie Stars - Herman Hill / Paul Ratliff
On this card: Herman Hill, Paul Ratliff
About this card
This is one of the forty Rookie Stars cards, each showing two or three rookies from one club; #654 (National League) and #702 (American League) each mix three clubs. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #36, #74, #109, #154, #267, #317, #429, #573, #669 and #683 one of them had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
The story on this card
Hill's 1969 call-up ran 16 games, 13 of them as a pinch runner, while the Twins locked up the American League West. He went hitless in two at-bats and scored four runs. Topps issued #267 as a Twins Rookies card in its third series, his rookie card, shared with Paul Ratliff, also printed with Minnesota. On September 30, 1970, Hill pinch-ran for Harmon Killebrew in the ninth and scored on Ratliff's walk-off three-run homer in a 6-4 win over Kansas City. Herman Hill was a speedy left-handed-hitting outfielder from Tuskegee, Alabama, often used as a pinch runner in 43 games for the Minnesota Twins in 1969 and 1970. He was traded to St. Louis in October 1970 and drowned in Venezuela that December at 25.
Card #267 in the third series is a Twins Rookie Stars card that Paul Ratliff shares with Herman Hill, whose rookie card it is. Ratliff hit .268 with five home runs in 1970, a season that included an unusual play on April 25. He trapped a third strike in the dirt and rolled the ball back to the mound instead of throwing to first or tagging the batter. Detroit's Earl Wilson ran the bases and was run down, and Ratliff was charged with an error. San Diego-born catcher who debuted with the Twins at nineteen in 1963, later split catching duties in Minnesota's 1970 playoff run, and closed his career with the Brewers.
Sources: Wikipedia (Herman Hill) · Wikipedia (Paul Ratliff) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 569 | 11 | 109 | 372 | 46 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 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 #267 card?
It is card #267 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Herman Hill and Paul Ratliff. This is one of the forty Rookie Stars cards, each showing two or three rookies from one club; #654 (National League) and #702 (American League) each mix three clubs. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #36, #74, #109, #154, #267, #317, #429, #573, #669 and #683 one of them had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
Is 1970 Topps #267 a rookie card?
Yes - #267 is the rookie card of Herman Hill. Paul Ratliff had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.