1977 Topps #166 Bill Campbell
About Bill Campbell
Two 1977 cards show him with different clubs. League Leaders card #8 shares space with Rawly Eastwick of the Reds and prints Campbell with the Twins, whom he left as a free agent. Card #166 shows him with the Red Sox, who signed him two days after the November 4, 1976 re-entry draft. In 1977 he went 13-9 with a 2.96 ERA, led the AL with 31 saves and made the All-Star team.
Bill Campbell was a right-handed reliever who pitched 15 big-league seasons, 1973 to 1987, for the Twins, Red Sox, Cubs, Phillies, Cardinals, Tigers and Expos. He worked his way up as a starter with a fastball and screwball; after a 10-5 start at Triple-A Tacoma in 1973 he was called up, and manager Frank Quilici converted him to relief. His peak was 1976 and 1977, when he won both the Rolaids Relief Man Award and The Sporting News Fireman of the Year each season. He was the first American League winner of the Rolaids award and its first two-time winner. After 1976 he was among the first players to test free agency and signed a five-year, $1 million contract with Boston. Arm trouble cut into his work from 1978 on, though he kept pitching in relief for Chicago, Philadelphia and St. Louis and appeared in the 1985 NLCS and World Series with the Cardinals. He finished 83-68 with a 3.54 ERA and 126 saves. A Highland Park, Michigan native raised in Pomona, California, he served in the Army in Vietnam before signing with the Twins in 1971. He died on January 6, 2023.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 112 | 7 | 62 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 #166 card?
It is card #166 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Campbell of the Boston Red Sox.
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.