1977 Topps #3 1976 RBI Leaders - Lee May / George Foster
On this card: Lee May, George Foster
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
The 1976 RBI race ended with Cincinnati's George Foster at 121 in the National League and Baltimore's Lee May at 109 in the American League, and Topps put the two sluggers together on League Leaders card #3. May drove in his 109 while playing 148 games and hitting 25 home runs for the Orioles. Foster's 121 came with 29 home runs and a .306 average for a Reds club that swept the Phillies in the NLCS and the Yankees in the World Series. May is printed with the Orioles and Foster with the Reds.
Royals first baseman Lee May collected his 2,000th major-league hit on June 8, 1981, against Yankees left-hander Dave Righetti, near the end of a career that began with Cincinnati. George Foster - outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds' Big Red Machine and the New York Mets. He won the 1977 National League MVP award with 52 home runs and 149 RBI, led the league in RBI three straight years, and hit 348 home runs.
Sources: Wikipedia (Lee May) · Wikipedia (George Foster) · SABR BioProject (Lee May) · SABR BioProject (George Foster) · Baseball-Reference (Lee May) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 163 | 10 | 59 | 63 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 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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Related cards
Team cards: #546 Baltimore Orioles Team, #287 Cincinnati Reds Team
More Baltimore Orioles cards:
- #5 1976 Victory Leaders
- #56 Rudy May
- #77 Dyar Miller
- #106 Mike Flanagan
- #135 Mark Belanger
- #162 Mike Cuellar
More Cincinnati Reds cards:
- #8 1976 Leading Firemen
- #23 Dan Driessen
- #45 Rawly Eastwick
- #70 Johnny Bench
- #86 Pat Zachry
- #100 Joe Morgan
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1977 Topps #3 card?
It is card #3 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Lee May and George Foster. 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.