1971 Topps #196 1970 A.L. Playoffs Game 2: McNally Makes It Two Straight!
About this card
Cards #195-202 cover the 1970 league playoffs: #195-198 the American League playoffs, won by the Orioles, and #199-202 the National League playoffs, won by the Reds. The six World Series cards follow at #327-332.
The story on this card
Dave McNally started Game 2 of the 1970 American League Championship Series on October 4 at Metropolitan Stadium and finished it, an 11-3 Baltimore win. He drove in a run himself with a fourth-inning single, after Boog Powell doubled in the first and Frank Robinson homered in the third. Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva answered with home runs in the Twins' half of the fourth. Baltimore then scored seven runs in the ninth, tying the postseason record for a ninth inning: among the hits, Powell doubled home two, Merv Rettenmund singled in another, and Davey Johnson hit a three-run homer off Luis Tiant. The win put the Orioles ahead two games to none. This is 1971 Topps #196, titled McNally Makes It Two Straight!, the Dave McNally card in the Playoffs subset (#195-202) of the second series and listed with the Baltimore Orioles.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 415 | 0 | 5 | 174 | 176 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 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 1971 Topps #196 card?
It is card #196 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, 1970 A.L. Playoffs Game 2: McNally Makes It Two Straight!. Cards #195-202 cover the 1970 league playoffs: #195-198 the American League playoffs, won by the Orioles, and #199-202 the National League playoffs, won by the Reds. The six World Series cards follow at #327-332.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), 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.