1976 Topps #657 Roy Smalley
About Roy Smalley
Smalley opened 1976 with Texas, then went to Minnesota on June 1 in the trade that sent Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson to the Rangers. He finished at .259 in 144 games. Two Topps cards carry him. #70 is part of the five-card Father & Son subset (#66-70), pairing his father, pictured with the Milwaukee Braves, with Smalley as a Ranger. Solo card #657 also has him with Texas and is his rookie card.
Roy Smalley was a switch-hitting shortstop who played 13 big-league seasons, 1975 to 1987, for the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. The son of a major-league shortstop and a nephew of longtime manager Gene Mauch, he won College World Series titles at USC in 1972 and 1973 and was the first overall pick of the January 1974 draft, taken by Texas. He manned shortstop for Minnesota from 1976 until 1982, when the Twins sent him to the Yankees. His best season was 1979, when he set career highs in runs, home runs and RBI. He returned to the Twins in 1985 and appeared in the 1987 World Series, which Minnesota won over St. Louis. His career line was .257 with 163 home runs and 694 RBI in 1,653 games. He later worked as a Twins television analyst and was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007 and the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 130 | 7 | 57 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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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Related cards
More Roy Smalley in this set: #70 Father & Son
Team card: #172 Texas Rangers Team
More Texas Rangers cards:
- #7 Jim Umbarger
- #31 Len Randle
- #55 Gaylord Perry
- #70 Father & Son - Big Leaguers
- #83 Jim Spencer
- #106 Tom Grieve
- #148 Stan Thomas
- #204 1975 AL Strikeout Leaders
- #226 Jim Sundberg
- #250 Fergie Jenkins
- #279 Roy Howell
- #303 Steve Foucault
- #327 Dave Moates
- #360 Jeff Burroughs
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1976 Topps #657 card?
It is card #657 of the 660-card 1976 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roy Smalley of the Texas Rangers.
Is 1976 Topps #657 a rookie card?
Yes - #657 is the 1976 Topps rookie card of Roy Smalley.
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.