1977 Topps #8 1976 Leading Firemen - Bill Campbell / Rawly Eastwick
On this card: Bill Campbell, Rawly Eastwick
About this card
Cards #1-8 are the League Leaders subset: each pairs the 1976 American League leader with the National League leader - batting, home runs, RBI, stolen bases, victories, strikeouts, ERA and firemen, two men on each card.
The story on this card
Card #8 closes the eight-card League Leaders subset that opens the 1977 Topps set, and it covers the relief category for 1976. Bill Campbell is printed with the Minnesota Twins and Rawly Eastwick with the Cincinnati Reds. Campbell went 17-5 with a 3.01 ERA and 20 saves. His 78 appearances led the American League. Eastwick went 11-5 with a 2.09 ERA and 26 saves for a Reds club that swept Philadelphia in the NLCS. Each won the first Rolaids Relief Man award in his league that year, and The Sporting News named both its Fireman of the Year.
Bill Campbell - right-handed closer for the Twins and Red Sox who won the Rolaids Relief Man Award and Fireman of the Year in 1976 and 1977, and after 1976 signed one of the first big free-agent contracts. He finished with 126 saves in 700 games. Rawly Eastwick was a right-handed reliever for the Big Red Machine Reds, saving 22 games in 1975 and leading the National League with 26 in 1976 before stops with the Cardinals, Yankees, Phillies, Royals and Cubs.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bill Campbell) · Wikipedia (Rawly Eastwick) · SABR BioProject (Bill Campbell) · SABR BioProject (Rawly Eastwick) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 97 | 2 | 41 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 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 1977 Topps #8 card?
It is card #8 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Campbell and Rawly Eastwick. Cards #1-8 are the League Leaders subset: each pairs the 1976 American League leader with the National League leader - batting, home runs, RBI, stolen bases, victories, strikeouts, ERA and firemen, two men on each card.
How many cards are in the 1977 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1 through 660 with none skipped and distributed 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.