1972 Topps #761 AL-NL Rookie Stars - Ben Oglivie / Ron Cey / Bernie Williams
On this card: Ben Oglivie, Ron Cey, Bernie Williams
About this card
This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
The story on this card
Four games into spring training in 1972, Oglivie spent three days at Hahnemann Hospital in Brighton for tests and was cleared. His first full season in Boston ended with a .241 average, 8 home runs and 30 RBI in 94 games, and he led the Red Sox in pinch hitting at .375. His rookie card is #761, a Rookie Stars card from the sixth series that pairs him as a Red Sox with Ron Cey of the Dodgers and Bernie Williams of the Giants. Left-handed outfielder from Panama who spent 1971-73 with Boston, 1974-77 with Detroit and 1978-86 with Milwaukee. He tied Reggie Jackson for the 1980 American League home run lead with 41, was a three-time All-Star, and hit 235 career homers.
Cey spent most of 1972 at Albuquerque under Tommy Lasorda, hitting .329 with 23 home runs and 103 RBI and leading the Pacific Coast League in walks while the Dukes won the pennant. Los Angeles recalled him after the playoffs, and he hit .270 in 11 games. His 1972 Topps #761, a print series 6 Rookie Stars card, puts him with Ben Oglivie of the Red Sox and Bernie Williams of the Giants, and it is the rookie card for Cey and Oglivie. Ron Cey, the Penguin, was the Dodgers third baseman from 1973 to 1982: six straight All-Star Games, 316 career home runs, and a share of the 1981 World Series MVP award, with later years in Chicago and Oakland.
His fullest big-league year was 1972, when he appeared in 46 games for the Giants, 15 of them in the outfield. He hit .191 with three home runs and nine RBI. Card #761 is another Rookie Stars triple, pairing him with Ben Oglivie of the Red Sox and Ron Cey of the Dodgers. Bernie Williams - outfielder and pinch hitter who played 102 major league games for the Giants (1970-72) and Padres (1974), hitting .192 with four home runs, then played for Japan's Hankyu Braves from 1975 to 1980.
Sources: Wikipedia (Ben Oglivie) · Wikipedia (Ron Cey) · Wikipedia (Bernie Williams (1970s outfielder)) · SABR BioProject (Ben Oglivie) · SABR BioProject (Ron Cey) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,066 | 18 | 105 | 351 | 228 | 164 | 96 | 104 | 0 |
| SGC | 166 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 37 | 33 | 43 | 21 | 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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- #63 Duke Sims
- #93 1971 N.L. Pitching Leaders
- #114 Bill Buckner
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More San Francisco Giants cards:
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1972 Topps #761 card?
It is card #761 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ben Oglivie, Ron Cey and Bernie Williams. This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
Is 1972 Topps #761 a rookie card?
Yes - #761 is the rookie card of Ben Oglivie and Ron Cey. Bernie Williams had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
Why is #761 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the sixth and last print series, #657-787 - with the fifth series, the toughest to find, per PSA.
How many cards are in the 1972 Topps Baseball set?
787 cards, tracked as 794 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 787 with none skipped, in six print series (#1-132, #133-263, #264-394, #395-525, #526-656 and #657-787, the high numbers); 7 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - four Chicago Cubs cards with yellow or green under the "C" and "S" of the team name, the #251 and #478 checklists with smaller or larger print on the front, and the #604 checklist with its copyright line aligned right or left.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, 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.