1971 Topps #151 Tommy Davis
About Tommy Davis
Davis played for three clubs in 1970 and finished at .284 with 6 home runs and 65 RBI in 134 games, including .290 over 66 games for Oakland. Second-series #151 lists him with the Cubs, who had him for the last two weeks of that season and released him in December. He re-signed with the Athletics, hit .324 in 79 games in 1971, then went 3-for-8 in the ALCS loss to Baltimore.
Herman Thomas Davis Jr. was born March 21, 1939, in Brooklyn and signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers for a $4,000 bonus after a personal phone call from Jackie Robinson steered him away from the Yankees. He won minor-league batting titles at Kokomo in 1957 and Spokane in 1959, then struck out as a pinch hitter in his only September 1959 at-bat. He became the first Los Angeles Dodger to win a batting championship, taking the National League crown in 1962 at .346 with 230 hits and 153 RBI, a franchise record that broke Roy Campanella's 142. He repeated in 1963 at .326, the only back-to-back batting titles in the club's Los Angeles history. A broken and dislocated ankle on May 1, 1965, ended that season, and he kept hitting for ten organizations across eighteen seasons, among them the one-year Seattle Pilots. In Baltimore he served as designated hitter from 1973 to 1975 and won the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award in 1974, when he collected 181 hits. He finished with 2,121 hits and a .294 average in 1,999 games, then worked as a Dodgers minor-league instructor and as the Seattle Mariners' hitting coach in 1981. He died April 3, 2022, in Phoenix at 83.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 410 | 0 | 14 | 176 | 161 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 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 #151 card?
It is card #151 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tommy Davis 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.
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