1976 Topps #345 Babe Ruth
About this card
Cards #341-350 are the All-Time All-Stars subset: ten retired Hall of Famers, one legend at one position per card - Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Pie Traynor, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, Mickey Cochrane, Walter Johnson and Lefty Grove. #348 Cochrane and #350 Grove read the Philadelphia Athletics and #349 Johnson the Washington Senators, clubs that no longer existed under those names; they are correct as printed.
About Babe Ruth
Topps filled ten slots in 1976 with retired greats under the All-Time All-Stars banner, and Ruth's #345 carries the New York Yankees. His first New York season, 1920, produced 54 home runs, 137 RBI and a .376 average. In 1921 he pushed the marks to 59 home runs and 171 RBI, and he scored 177 runs. Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams and Walter Johnson are among the others in the subset.
George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland, and sent at age seven to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, where Brother Matthias became his mentor. Jack Dunn signed him to his minor-league Baltimore Orioles in 1914, where teammates calling him "Dunn's babe" gave him his name. Dunn sold him to the Boston Red Sox that July, and over six seasons Ruth became one of the game's premier left-handers, winning 89 games and pitching on three World Series champions (1915, 1916, 1918). Moved into the everyday lineup, he broke the single-season home run record with 29 in 1919. Owner Harry Frazee sold him to the Yankees that December, a deal that fed Boston's 86-year drought and the "Curse of the Bambino." In 15 New York seasons Ruth won seven pennants and four World Series, took the 1923 Most Valuable Player award and the 1924 batting title, and hit 60 home runs for the 1927 Murderers' Row club. He led the American League in home runs twelve times. After a short 1935 turn with the Boston Braves he retired with 714 home runs, a .342 average and a .690 slugging mark, and in 1936 he joined the Hall of Fame's first five electees.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,682 | 5 | 125 | 602 | 394 | 230 | 139 | 179 | 8 |
| SGC | 338 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 90 | 75 | 59 | 60 | 4 |
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 1976 Topps #345 card?
It is card #345 of the 660-card 1976 Topps Baseball set, picturing Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees. Cards #341-350 are the All-Time All-Stars subset: ten retired Hall of Famers, one legend at one position per card - Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby, Pie Traynor, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, Mickey Cochrane, Walter Johnson and Lefty Grove. #348 Cochrane and #350 Grove read the Philadelphia Athletics and #349 Johnson the Washington Senators, clubs that no longer existed under those names; they are correct as printed.
How many cards are in the 1976 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1 through 660 with none skipped and printed in equal quantities as a single series. No card carries a catalogued print variation, so the base set and the master set are the same 660 cards.
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.