1976 Topps #342 Rogers Hornsby
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 Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby's 1976 All-Time All-Stars card, #342, prints him with the St. Louis Cardinals. In St. Louis, Branch Rickey moved him to second base in 1920, the position he kept for the rest of his career, and he answered with his first batting title at .370. In 1922 his 450 total bases set a National League record that still stands, and from August 13 through September 19 he hit in 33 straight games.
Rogers Hornsby was the National League's dominant second baseman of the 1920s and is widely ranked the greatest right-handed hitter in the game's history. He played 23 seasons, 1915 to 1937, for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns, and finished with 2,930 hits, 301 home runs and a .358 career average. He won seven National League batting titles, hit .400 three times, and took Triple Crowns in 1922 and 1925. His .424 in 1924 is the highest average of the live-ball era, and in 1922 he became the only player to hit 40 home runs and bat .400 in the same season. He won the NL Most Valuable Player Award in 1925 and 1929. Hornsby also managed, mostly as a player-manager, and led the 1926 Cardinals to the franchise's first World Series title. A Texan whose contract the Cardinals bought from Class D Denison in 1915, he was so blunt that he was fired from every managing job he held. He was elected to the Hall of Fame by the baseball writers in 1942 and entered the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 531 | 13 | 134 | 231 | 61 | 46 | 18 | 27 | 1 |
| SGC | 53 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
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 #342 card?
It is card #342 of the 660-card 1976 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals. 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.
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