1971 Topps #66 1970 National League Home Run Leaders - Johnny Bench / Billy Williams / Tony Perez
On this card: Johnny Bench, Billy Williams, Tony Perez
About this card
Cards #61-72 are the twelve League Leaders cards on the 1970 season - batting, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and three of the leaders on each card.
The story on this card
Three sluggers share the 1970 National League home run board on #66. Johnny Bench of the Reds led the majors with 45, Billy Williams of the Cubs hit 42, and Tony Perez of the Reds hit 40. Bench's 45 was then the single-season record for catchers and still stands as the National League mark for the position. The three finished first, second and third in the MVP vote, in the order Bench, Williams, Perez. Williams's 42 was a career high, and Perez's 40 came with 129 RBI. Cincinnati won 102 games and the West title. The card is part of the League Leaders subset, #61-72, in the first series of the 1971 Topps set.
Johnny Bench spent his entire 17-season career with Cincinnati. The catcher won two National League MVP awards and ten straight Gold Gloves, played on two World Series winners and entered the Hall of Fame in 1989. Billy Williams, the sweet-swinging left fielder who played beside Ernie Banks and Ron Santo on the Cubs, won a batting title and a Rookie of the Year award and once played 1,117 games in a row. Tony Perez went from a Cuban sugar mill team to 23 major-league seasons and 1,652 RBI. The seven-time All-Star played first and third base for Cincinnati, later managed the Reds and Marlins, and entered the Hall of Fame in 2000.
Sources: Wikipedia (Johnny Bench) · Wikipedia (Billy Williams) · SABR BioProject (Johnny Bench) · SABR BioProject (Billy Williams 2) · SABR BioProject (Tony Perez) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball Almanac (Billy Williams) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 941 | 0 | 15 | 256 | 327 | 173 | 90 | 79 | 1 |
| SGC | 146 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 27 | 27 | 7 |
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
Team cards: #357 Cincinnati Reds, #502 Chicago Cubs
More Cincinnati Reds cards:
- #14 Dave Concepcion
- #40 Lee May
- #64 1970 National League RBI Leaders
- #68 1970 National League ERA Leaders
- #75 Gary Nolan
- #100 Pete Rose
More Chicago Cubs cards:
- #12 Johnny Callison
- #38 Jim Colborn
- #64 1970 National League RBI Leaders
- #70 1970 National League Pitching Leaders
- #72 1970 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #90 Joe Pepitone
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #66 card?
It is card #66 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Bench, Billy Williams and Tony Perez. Cards #61-72 are the twelve League Leaders cards on the 1970 season - batting, RBI, home runs, ERA, pitching and strikeouts - with the American League card first and the National League card second in each pair, and three of the leaders on each card.
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.