1971 Topps #350 Billy Williams
About Billy Williams
Three 1971 cards carry Williams. League Leaders #64, for National League RBI, and #66, for home runs, put him with Cincinnati's Johnny Bench and Tony Perez; #350, from the third series, is his own Cubs card. On May 12, 1971, he became the fifth player to drive in 1,000 runs for the Cubs, and three days later he hit his 300th home run against San Diego. His 2,000th hit came on August 17 at Atlanta, in a .301 season with 28 home runs and 93 RBI.
Billy Williams played left field for the Chicago Cubs from 1959 through 1974. With Ernie Banks and Ron Santo, he helped lift the club in the late 1960s after 20 years in the bottom half of the league standings. A native of Whistler, Alabama, he went home from Double-A San Antonio in 1959 after meeting open racial discrimination there; Cubs scout Buck O'Neil came to Whistler and coaxed him back. He hit .278 with 25 home runs and 86 RBIs in 1961 and was named National League Rookie of the Year. A six-time All-Star known as "Sweet-Swinging Billy from Whistler" for a smooth, efficient swing, he won the 1972 batting title at .333 and finished MVP runner-up twice, in 1970 and 1972, both times behind Cincinnati's Johnny Bench. He played 1,117 straight games from September 1963 to September 1970, a National League record that stood until 1983. Williams closed an 18-year career, the last two as Oakland's designated hitter, with a .290 average, 2,711 hits and 1,475 RBIs. When he retired, his 426 home runs ranked eighth in major league history among left-handed hitters. He entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987 and spent nearly two decades as a Cubs coach.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 922 | 0 | 19 | 262 | 313 | 149 | 81 | 97 | 1 |
| SGC | 196 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 41 | 52 | 33 | 31 | 13 |
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
More Billy Williams in this set: #64 League Leaders, #66 League Leaders
Team card: #502 Chicago Cubs
More Chicago Cubs cards:
- #12 Johnny Callison
- #38 Jim Colborn
- #64 1970 National League RBI Leaders
- #66 1970 National League Home Run Leaders
- #70 1970 National League Pitching Leaders
- #72 1970 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #90 Joe Pepitone
- #98 Joe Decker
- #121 Cubs 1971 Rookie Stars
- #151 Tommy Davis
- #175 Jim Hickman
- #203 Larry Gura
- #220 Ron Santo
- #248 Hoyt Wilhelm
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #350 card?
It is card #350 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs.
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.