1976 Topps #166 Skip Lockwood
About Skip Lockwood
Lockwood's 1975 season with the Mets was all relief work: 24 appearances, a 1-3 record and 2 saves. His ERA was 1.49, with 61 strikeouts in 48 1/3 innings. The Angels had traded him to the Yankees for Bill Sudakis at the Winter Meetings on December 3, 1974, before he joined the Mets. His 1976 Topps card, #166, shows him with the Mets.
Claude Edward Lockwood Jr., called Skip since he was two, signed with the Kansas City Athletics out of West Roxbury's Catholic Memorial High School in June 1964 - as a third baseman, despite going 22-2 on the mound in high school. When the Athletics slid a $35,000 contract across the table, the seventeen-year-old asked for the pen, wrote a 1 in front of the figure and handed it back; a phone call to owner Charlie Finley approved the $135,000. The bonus rule of the day parked him on the Kansas City bench for all of 1965, watching Ed Charles play third base and rooming with fellow bonus signee Catfish Hunter. After two more seasons in the minor leagues, the Athletics made him a pitcher, and Seattle took him in the 1968 expansion draft. He debuted on the mound for the Pilots in 1969, followed the franchise to Milwaukee, where he mostly started, and went to California in a nine-player trade. He pitched in relief for the New York Mets from 1975 through 1979, saving 19 games in 1976 and 20 in 1977. He finished with Boston in 1980. Off the field, he graduated cum laude from Emerson College in 1976 and added an MIT master's degree in 1983.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 162 | 20 | 79 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 #166 card?
It is card #166 of the 660-card 1976 Topps Baseball set, picturing Skip Lockwood of the New York Mets.
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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