1976 Topps #556 Minnesota Twins Team
Hall of Famers on the 1975 Minnesota Twins roster: Bert Blyleven, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva.
About this card
This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club. Twenty-two carry a manager inset; #421 Oakland Athletics and #443 San Francisco Giants have none.
The story on this card
Gene Mauch appears in the inset on the front of #556. The 1975 Twins played for Frank Quilici and went 76-83, fourth in the American League West. Rod Carew was the club's lone All-Star and won his fifth AL batting title at .359. Jim Hughes went 16-14, Bert Blyleven 15-10 and Dave Goltz 14-14; Tony Oliva was also on the roster. Harmon Killebrew, released in the offseason, homered for Kansas City on May 4 in a game promoted as Harmon Killebrew Day. On August 22, Dave McKay homered in his first major league at bat. Metropolitan Stadium drew 737,156, the lowest total in the league.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 32 | 105 | 69 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 1976 Topps #556 card?
It is card #556 of the 660-card 1976 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Minnesota Twins. This is one of the 24 team cards, one for each club. Twenty-two carry a manager inset; #421 Oakland Athletics and #443 San Francisco Giants have none.
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.