1977 Topps #346 Bill Singer
About Bill Singer
Singer finished 1976 at 13-10 with a 3.69 ERA in 36 starts split between Texas and Minnesota. On November 5, 1976, the Blue Jays took him 28th overall in the expansion draft, and his 1977 Topps #346 shows him with Toronto. He started the club's first spring game and its opener, a 9-5 win over the White Sox on a snowy afternoon. He spent six weeks on the disabled list in June and July, finished 2-8 with a 6.79 ERA in 13 games, and last pitched on July 16.
Bill Singer was a right-handed pitcher, born in Los Angeles and raised in Pomona, who spent 14 seasons in the majors between 1964 and 1977. The Dodgers signed him out of high school in September 1961 for a $50,000 bonus, outbidding 14 other clubs, and after three years split between Spokane and short looks in Los Angeles he stuck in the big-league rotation for good in 1967. Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully called him "the Singer Throwing Machine" in those late-1960s seasons, and Singer earned it: a 20-win year in 1969, a no-hitter over the Phillies at Dodger Stadium on July 20, 1970, and an All-Star selection in each league. Illness and injury kept interrupting him. Hepatitis cost him nearly two months in 1970 and a pitch that fractured his right index finger ended that season in August. He won 20 again for the California Angels in 1973, but surgery on a ruptured lumbar disc in June 1974 cut short another season, and he closed out with the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and the expansion Toronto Blue Jays, retiring at 118-127 with a 3.39 ERA and 1,515 strikeouts.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 74 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 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 #346 card?
It is card #346 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Singer of the Toronto Blue Jays.
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.
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