1971 Topps #323 Billy Champion
About Billy Champion
Card #323 in the third series of 1971 Topps shows Champion with Philadelphia. In 1971 he worked mostly out of the bullpen, appearing in 37 games, 9 of them starts, and pitching 108 2/3 innings. He finished 3-5 with a 4.39 ERA and 49 strikeouts. At the plate he had 3 hits in 27 at-bats.
Bill Champion was a right-handed pitcher, 6 ft 4 in, who worked 202 major-league games for the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers between 1969 and 1976. He came from Shelby, North Carolina, where he helped Shelby High win the 1964 Western North Carolina championship. The Phillies picked him in the third round, 58th overall, in 1965, and he led his minor league in ERA twice, with Huron in the Northern League in 1965 and Tidewater in the Carolina League in 1968. He debuted in June 1969. On October 31, 1972, Philadelphia sent him with Don Money and John Vukovich to Milwaukee for Jim Lonborg, Ken Brett, Ken Sanders and Earl Stephenson. He finished his career 34-50 with a 4.69 ERA, later scouted for the Cubs, coached pitchers for the Greenville Braves and died in Shelby in 2017.
Sources: Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 330 | 1 | 16 | 191 | 90 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 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 1971 Topps #323 card?
It is card #323 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Billy Champion of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.